Ten rebels killed in Chechnya

MOSCOW: Ten rebels including a Jordanian were killed during an operation by Russian forces in the volatile Chechnya region, local news agency reported Thursday.

The operation took place in a forest in the Vedeno region of southwest Chechnya, an official with the Russian special forces in the north Caucasus told the agency.

“Ten rebels were shot dead. One of them has been identified,” he said, naming the man as Yassir Amarat, a Jordanian who was leader of the rebel group.

Amarat was suspected of several crimes against Russian soldiers and local residents, the official said.

Authorities in Russia”s volatile North Caucasus region, which includes Dagestan, Ingushetia and Chechnya, are battling an insurgency that has seen almost daily shootings and bomb attacks.

Suicide bomber attacks Russia military base

MOSCOW: A suicide attacker detonated a carbomb near a military base in Russia”s southern Dagestan region on Sunday, killing an unknown number of people, a local news agency reported, quoting an unnamed military official.

“According to preliminary information there were fatalities, their number is being established,” the official was quoted as saying.

The car exploded around 200 meters (yards) from a base housing a brigade of marines in the town of Kaspiysk in the mainly Muslim region of Dagestan, the official said. Police were on alert for possible attacks ahead of Sunday”s celebrations of the 65th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War Two.

Insurgents from neighbouring Chechnya have launched attacks on Victory Day, a holiday associated with the mass deportation of ethnic Chechens by Stalin during the war.

Dagestan, Chechnya and neighbouring Ingushetia are at the centre of an Islamist insurgency aimed at establishing an independent Islamic state.

Afghan Police Say 27 Taliban Killed In Clash

TrendPK.com Afghan Police Say 27 Taliban Killed In Clash: Afghan border police said Sunday they had killed 27 Taliban-linked insurgents and captured a fighter from Chechnya in a fierce battle backed by coalition air support that lasted several hours. Authorities said the clash took place Saturday night in the Tani district of

TrendPK.com Afghan Police Say 27 Taliban Killed In Clash: Afghan border police said Sunday they had killed 27 Taliban-linked insurgents and captured a fighter from Chechnya in a fierce battle backed by coalition air support that lasted several hours.
Authorities said the clash took place Saturday night in the Tani district of [...]