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Two Bangladeshis among four arrested in Malaysia for alleged IS links
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka[Bangladesh]/Kuala Lumpur[Malaysia], Jan.24 (ANI): The Special Branch of Malayasia's Counter-Terrorism Division has confirmed the arrest of four people, including two Bangladeshis, in separate raids between January 13 and 19 in Kuala Lumpur and Sabah.
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Frontier Corps conducts counter-terrorism operations in Balochistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], Jan. 22 (ANI): Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan have conducted an Intelligence Based Operations (IBOs) and counter-terrorism operations in the province.
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B'desh Police arrests another Gulshan attack 'mastermind'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 14 (ANI): Another mastermind of the Gulshan attack, Jahangir Alam alias Rajib alias Gandhi has been arrested by the Bangladesh Police's Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit from Tangail's Elenga area.
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Pakistan: CTD neutralises six terrorists of banned outfits
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Sheikhupura [Pakistan], Jan. 7 (ANI): At least six alleged terrorists of banned outfits were killed by the personnel of Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in a targeted operation in the wee hours of Saturday.
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Gulshan attack coordinator shot dead, claims B'desh Police
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 6 (ANI): Two militants of the New JMB (Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen) group including the Gulshan terror attack operational commander Marjan have been killed in an alleged gunfight with the police's counter-terrorism unit in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area.
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Sindh counter-terror wing plans to deradicalise around 300 militants
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Jan.2 (ANI): The counter-terrorism department (CTD) of Sindh Police has announced plans to deradicalise and rehabilitate an estimated 300 militants held in different jails of the province with the help of qualified psychologists.
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Husbands force wives into militancy: B'desh top cop
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 27 (ANI): Chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism unit, Monirul Islam, said on Tuesday that women turn towards militancy under pressure of their militant husbands.
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B'desh: Two female militants nabbed, one killed in raid at militant d
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 25 (ANI): A raid by the Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit at a house in Ashkona Purba Para area of Dhaka led to the capture of two female militants and rescue of three children.
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CTTC raids 'militant den' in Dhaka
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 24 (ANI): A raid is underway as a Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) team in Bangladesh on Saturday encircled a three-story building here in Ashkona where several suspected militants are believed to have taken refuge.
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B'desh PM's flight glitch: Seven Biman officials arrested
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 22 (ANI): Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit has arrested seven Biman officials in connection with the emergency landing of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's aircraft en-route Hungary.
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Pakistan: CTD neutralises five terrorists from two banned organizations
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dera Ghazi Khan [Pakistan], Dec. 18 (ANI): At least five alleged terrorists of two banned organisations were killed after an exchange of heavy fire by Pakistan's Counter-terrorism Department in an operation in the wee hours of Sunday in DG Khan.
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U.S. urges Pakistan to protect religious freedom
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec. 10 (ANI): The United States has expressed its concern following reports of raids carried out by Pakistan's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on the publications and audit offices of the Ahmadiyya community in Punjab province and urged the Governmen
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