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Opinion | Inside Pakistan's Twisted 'Empowerment' Project: The 'Lady Killers' Of Jaish
Why does Masood Azhar want to build an army of women suicide bombers? For both personal and political reasons, apparently.
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Masood Azhar Forms Jaish's Women Brigade Months After Loss In Op Sindoor
Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which suffered a crippling blow during Operation Sindoor, has stepped up efforts to revive its footprint, including in India, and announced the formation of its first ever women's wing.
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"Everyone Ran Crying": 63 Killed In Suicide Bombing At Afghan Wedding
A suicide bomber killed more than 60 people and wounded scores, including women and children, as they celebrated a wedding in the Afghan capital, authorities said Sunday, the deadliest attack in Kabul in recent months.
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Cops Among 6 Killed In Suicide Attack Near Police Checkpoint In Kabul
A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday, killing at least six people near a police checkpoint, including policemen, officials said, but no militant group has yet claimed responsibility. Six people were killed in the explosion, said Najib Danish, a spokesman for the interior ministry. Ten policemen and civilians, in...
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57 Killed, 119 Injured In Suicide Attack At Election Centre In Kabul
An ISIS suicide bomber killed at least 48 people including women and children and wounded 112 outside a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday in the latest attack on election preparations.
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Nigeria Suicide Bombers Kill 28, Wound 82
Three women suicide bombers blew themselves up at the entrance to a camp for displaced people in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding 82, local sources said.
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ISIS Using Women As Suicide Bombers In 'Drastic' U-Turn: Report
In a U-turn, the ISIS is using more women to evade security measures and spearhead a wave of attacks across Europe and the Islamic world as it loses territory in the Middle East, according to a media report.
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Opinion: What Motivates Women To Become Suicide Bombers
On a list of history's most notorious assassins, alongside John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald and Gavrilo Princip, the name Thenmozhi Rajaratnam would probably draw mostly blank stares. But in her way, the Tamil Tiger terrorist -- who blew up herself, the Indian leader Rajiv Gandhi and 13 others in May 1991 -- has perhaps had the largest lasting ...
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Suicide Bomber Kills Over 60, Mostly Women, Children In Pakistan's Lahore
A suicide bomber killed at least 65 people and injured more than 280 others, mostly women and children, at a public park in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday, striking at the heart of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's political base of Punjab.
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5 Killed by Female Suicide Bombers in North Cameroon: Governor
Five people were killed on Saturday in a double suicide attack by two women in the restive far north of Cameroon, the governor of the region said.
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How ISIS Lures Recruits: Confessions of an Indian Suicide Bomber
The ISIS, known for its glib propaganda, has attracted thousands from across the world to join it, many of them lured by the promise of getting Syrian women as brides.
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8 Killed in NE Nigeria Suicide Bombing: Relief Agency
Eight people were killed Sunday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives among women and children arriving in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri seeking to escape Boko Haram violence in the countryside.
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Man Arrested in Paris Raid Lent Apartment to 2 'From Belgium'
A man arrested today during a police assault on the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis told AFP he had lent his apartment to two people from Belgium as a favour to a friend.
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Bombings Foiled in North Cameroon, Prey to Boko Haram
Two women suicide bombers who were foiled in a bid to attack a village market in northern Cameroon blew themselves up on Tuesday, wounding two farm workers, security sources said.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 15 in Afghanistan Market: Officials
A suicide bomber killed 15 people including women and children in a northern Afghan market today, as militants intensify their annual summer offensive despite nascent peace talks.
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Opinion | Inside Pakistan's Twisted 'Empowerment' Project: The 'Lady Killers' Of Jaish
Why does Masood Azhar want to build an army of women suicide bombers? For both personal and political reasons, apparently.
-
Masood Azhar Forms Jaish's Women Brigade Months After Loss In Op Sindoor
Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which suffered a crippling blow during Operation Sindoor, has stepped up efforts to revive its footprint, including in India, and announced the formation of its first ever women's wing.
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"Everyone Ran Crying": 63 Killed In Suicide Bombing At Afghan Wedding
A suicide bomber killed more than 60 people and wounded scores, including women and children, as they celebrated a wedding in the Afghan capital, authorities said Sunday, the deadliest attack in Kabul in recent months.
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Cops Among 6 Killed In Suicide Attack Near Police Checkpoint In Kabul
A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday, killing at least six people near a police checkpoint, including policemen, officials said, but no militant group has yet claimed responsibility. Six people were killed in the explosion, said Najib Danish, a spokesman for the interior ministry. Ten policemen and civilians, in...
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57 Killed, 119 Injured In Suicide Attack At Election Centre In Kabul
An ISIS suicide bomber killed at least 48 people including women and children and wounded 112 outside a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday in the latest attack on election preparations.
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Nigeria Suicide Bombers Kill 28, Wound 82
Three women suicide bombers blew themselves up at the entrance to a camp for displaced people in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding 82, local sources said.
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ISIS Using Women As Suicide Bombers In 'Drastic' U-Turn: Report
In a U-turn, the ISIS is using more women to evade security measures and spearhead a wave of attacks across Europe and the Islamic world as it loses territory in the Middle East, according to a media report.
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Opinion: What Motivates Women To Become Suicide Bombers
On a list of history's most notorious assassins, alongside John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald and Gavrilo Princip, the name Thenmozhi Rajaratnam would probably draw mostly blank stares. But in her way, the Tamil Tiger terrorist -- who blew up herself, the Indian leader Rajiv Gandhi and 13 others in May 1991 -- has perhaps had the largest lasting ...
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Suicide Bomber Kills Over 60, Mostly Women, Children In Pakistan's Lahore
A suicide bomber killed at least 65 people and injured more than 280 others, mostly women and children, at a public park in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday, striking at the heart of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's political base of Punjab.
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5 Killed by Female Suicide Bombers in North Cameroon: Governor
Five people were killed on Saturday in a double suicide attack by two women in the restive far north of Cameroon, the governor of the region said.
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How ISIS Lures Recruits: Confessions of an Indian Suicide Bomber
The ISIS, known for its glib propaganda, has attracted thousands from across the world to join it, many of them lured by the promise of getting Syrian women as brides.
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8 Killed in NE Nigeria Suicide Bombing: Relief Agency
Eight people were killed Sunday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives among women and children arriving in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri seeking to escape Boko Haram violence in the countryside.
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Man Arrested in Paris Raid Lent Apartment to 2 'From Belgium'
A man arrested today during a police assault on the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis told AFP he had lent his apartment to two people from Belgium as a favour to a friend.
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Bombings Foiled in North Cameroon, Prey to Boko Haram
Two women suicide bombers who were foiled in a bid to attack a village market in northern Cameroon blew themselves up on Tuesday, wounding two farm workers, security sources said.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 15 in Afghanistan Market: Officials
A suicide bomber killed 15 people including women and children in a northern Afghan market today, as militants intensify their annual summer offensive despite nascent peace talks.
