 | Sudanese forces open fire on anti-coup protests, killing 3The latest deaths bring to at least 71 the number of people killed in near-daily demonstrations in Khartoum and other cities and towns in Sudan. |
 | Iraq military: 2 rockets strike inside Green ZoneOne rocket was destroyed by the embassy’s C-RAM defense system. Another fell near a national monument, causing damage to two civilian vehicles, |
 | Security forces demolish three Maoist memorials in a day in Chhattisgarh’s DantewadaIn Dantewada, during the last year and a half, as many as eight Maoist memorials have been demolished by the security forces. |
 | Explosives haul after security forces, Maoists exchange fire in Tulasi forestEarlier on October 12, three Maoists including a woman were gunned down in an exchange of fire in the Tulasi forest area. |
 | Collapse of Afghan security forces was not abrupt but slow, painful: The Washington Post reportThe United States' role in Afghanistan has come under scanner after the Taliban's swift takeover of Kabul, following an offensive that saw the quick fall of the US-trained Afghan army. |
 | Militants attack security forces in Srinagar; no casualties reportedA small team of Police while laying cordon came under fire from terrorists in Noorbagh Srinagar, the Kashmir Zone Police said on its official Twitter handle. |
 | Stung by Afghan debacle, EU forges ahead with security plansEarlier this month, EU ministers debated creating a standby EU force of around 5,000 troops to deploy in crises like the one at Kabul airport. |
 | UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet slams Taliban over reprisal killingsBachelet cites “multiple” allegations of Taliban house-to-house searches looking for officials from the previous government and “people who cooperated with U.S. security forces and companies.” |
 | Border forces, armed counter-terrorism units to have training module on TalibanThe ground forces and their intelligence setup have been asked to update both their strategy, tactics and combat syllabus on the new 'geo-political situation in central and south Asia'. |
 | Afghanistan government formation: Taliban to wait until August 31 amid growing protests across countryTaliban lead negotiator Anas Haqqani has told his ex-government interlocuters that the insurgent movement has a deal with the US 'to do nothing' until after the final withdrawal date passes. |
 | Taliban take over Afghanistan: What we know and what's nextTaliban fighters stormed across Afghanistan, capturing all major cities in a matter of days, as Afghan security forces trained and equipped by the US and its allies melted away. |
 | Schools in Jammu & Kashmir to be renamed after security men killed in militant violenceThe Divisional Commissioner directed all 10 DCs to identify government schools in villages, municipal wards of their districts that can be named after the slain security men. |
 | Encounter breaks out between militants, security forces in J-K's Shopian districtThe security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Check Sadiq Khan area of the south Kashmir district, following information about the presence of militants there. |
 | Roadside bomb targeting troops kills two in southwest PakistanThe overnight attack happened in Pasni, a district in the impoverished Baluchistan province, according to a military statement. |
 | Five Pakistan paramilitary soldiers killed in attack on security forces in BalochistanHeavy losses were inflicted on terrorists during the incident in the Sangan area of District Sibi in Balochistan. |
