Tag: airstrike
Airstrike hits Libyan detention center, killing 44 migrants
BENGHAZI: An airstrike hit a detention center for migrants near the Libyan capital early Wednesday, killing at least 44 people and wounding more than...
Taliban’s shadow governor for Helmand killed in airstrike
The Taliban shadow governor for southern Helmand province Sharafuddin Taqi has succumbed to injuries which he had sustained in an airstrike conducted in Musqa...
US airstrike kills 14 members of one family in Afghanistan
KABUL: The United States has carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province after a fatal insider attack, leaving at least 14 civilians dead, mostly...
12 children among 20 Afghan civilians killed in Kunar airstrike
ASADABAD: At least 20 Afghan civilians, including 12 children, were killed in an airstrike targeting a Taliban commander in the eastern province of Kunar late...
Death toll from Saudi airstrike in Yemen rises to 21
SANAA: A Saudi-led coalition airstrike at a fruit-and-vegetable market near Yemen’s flashpoint Red Sea port of Hodeida killed at least 21 civilians, including children, the...
Four civilians killed, eight injured in Afghanistan airstrike
KABUL: At least four were killed and another eight injured in an airstrike in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, TOLO news reported on Friday.
The airstrike came...
US military airstrike in Somalia kills 4 al-Shabab fighters
MOGADISHU: The US military says it has carried out an airstrike in Somalia that killed four members of the al-Shabab extremist group.
The US Africa...
Iraq says airstrike has killed 20 IS militants outside Mosul
BAGHDAD: An Iraqi military spokesman says an airstrike has killed 20 Islamic State militants outside the northern city of Mosul.
In a statement issued on...
Airstrike kills 20 Taliban fighters in Kunduz: Afghan officials
KUNDUZ: An Afghan official says an airstrike on a Taliban training camp in northern Afghanistan killed at least 20 insurgents and wounded many more on...
Dozens killed in US-led coalition airstrike in Syria: state media
Syrian state media confirmed on Thursday that dozens of fighters were killed in United States (US)-led coalition strikes overnight but appeared to deny the...
14 Daesh militants killed in Laghman airstrike
ALINGAR: Laghman police said that at least 14 Daesh militants were killed in an airstrike on Friday night in Laghman province, reported by Tolo News.
According to...
Air strike on displaced camp in Nigeria ‘kills 52’
KANO: At least 52 aid workers and civilians were killed on Tuesday when an air force jet accidentally bombed a camp in northeast Nigeria...
US conducts anti-IS air strikes in Libya after official request
The US military conducted air strikes in Libya on Monday following a government request to target the IS’s Libyan stronghold of Sirte, the Pentagon...
