Nepal: Two decades since peace accord, wartime IEDs still haunt villagers

Nearly two decades after the peace accord formally ended a protracted Maoist insurgency (1996-2006), explosives planted during the conflict are still being discovered in settlements, school compounds and farmlands across the country. According to security agencies, many explosives planted or Read More …

MINUSMA’s Nepalese Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company: Heroes Behind Safe Convoys In Mali

As MINUSMA inches closer to its withdrawal from Mali by 31st December 2023 in line with UN Security resolution 2690, it is important to acknowledge the significant contributions of the Nepal Explosive Ordnance Disposal company to the implementation of the Read More …

Nepal: Improvised explosive device planted outside rural municipality chair in Rupandehi district defused

Municipality chair in Rupandehi district has been defused on Saturday. A team of Nepal Army and Nepal Police personnel disposed of the IED created by inserting explosives into a pressure cooker. Read more… Source: The Kathmandu Post  

Nepal: Two children injured in IED explosion in Pokhara

Two children sustained shrapnel injuries when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off at Thuldhunga of Pokhara Metropolitan City-33 on Tuesday. The incident happened while the victims played with the explosive that they recovered in the local forest. Read more… Read More …

Nepal: Two injured as IED goes off in Itahari

Two persons have sustained injuries in a bomb explosion in Itahari Sub Metropolitan City-2 in Sunsari. According to District Police Office, Sunsari, an improvised explosive device (IED) went off at a house based in Janajagriti tole in Itahari Sub Metropolitan Read More …

Nepal: Police arrest one more person in connection with Lahan IED explosion

Police on Saturday arrested one more suspect in connection with the March 14 IED blast at Land Revenue Office in Lahan Municipality-8 of Siraha district. Ram Jatan Mukhiya (Gaddu), 20, of Lawakatol, Laxmipur Patari Rural Municiaplty-3 was apprehended on Saturday Read More …

Nepal: Eight hurt in Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast at revenue office in Lahan

Eight people were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off all of a sudden at Revenue Office in Lahan of Siraha district. Among the injured, condition of two is said to be critical. Office employee Shiva Kumar Yadav, Read More …

Nepal Army defuses two IEDs in Humla

A team of Nepal Army soldiers defused two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted at the main entrance of the Agriculture Development Office at Simkot Rural Municipality-6 in Humla district on Sunday. A joint team of security personnel from the Armed Read More …

IED blast outside former Nepali minister Baskota’s under-construction house; no casualties

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off outside an under-construction house belonging to Nepal’s former Communication Minister Gokul Prasad Baskota in Bhaktapur district on Wednesday morning. No injuries or casualties were reported in the incident which took place at around 7:45 am (local time) Read More …

Nepal Army disposes IED placed in Jajarkot district headquarters

A Nepal Army team has disposed of an explosive device found in Bheri Municipality-3 of Jajarkot district on Thursday morning. Locals informed the police after finding the device placed inside a milk container at Thanti Bazaar in district headquarters Khalanga Read More …

Bomb explosion in south Nepal home kills 3

Three people, including a police officer, have been killed in a bomb explosion at a house in southern Nepal’s Dhanusha district. The bomb was planted at one Rajesh Shah’s house in Kshireshwarnath Municipality by unknown persons, police said. Police personnel Read More …

India, Nepal joint military exercise focuses on IED detection

The sixth day of joint military exercise between India and Nepal in Nepal’s Rupendehi district focused on detection of Improvised explosive device (IEDs), volleyball matches and joint practice. This is the 14th edition of the joint military exercise ‘Surya Kiran’ Read More …