Tag: Civilians
UN contradicts US, says at least 10 civilians died in Afghanistan...
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said at least 10 civilians may have been killed by an airstrike in the northern city of Kunduz...
Afghan Air Force kills 13 civilians in airstrike on terrorists
HERAT, Afghanistan: Afghan authorities said on Tuesday the country’s air force had killed up to 13 civilians including women and children in airstrikes targeting...
Terrorists targeting civilians to be dealt with iron hands: Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar said Saturday the recent spate of terrorism would be tackled with full might.
Addressing a press conference here, the minister...
Two civilians killed in Indian firing at Working Boundary: ISPR
BSF man bites the dust as Pakistan Rangers respond befittingly
Two people, including a one-year-old baby, were killed and seven others injured when Indian forces...
Rebel attack on Yemen hospital kills 3 civilians
Three civilians were killed in east Yemen on Sunday when rockets fired by Iran-backed rebels hit a government hospital, the facility's director and a...
US-led strikes kill 15 civilians in northeast Syria
Strikes by a US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group killed at least 15 civilians, including three children, in northeastern Syria on Thursday,...
Suspected Russian raids kill 29 civilians in east Syria
At least 29 civilians were killed in air strikes suspected to have been carried by Russian warplanes on a village in eastern Syria on...
3,157 security men, 5,532 citizens martyred in terror-related incidents over 5...
A report, presented to the National Assembly on Friday, puts civilian casualties in terror-related incidents across Pakistan over the past five years around 5,532...
36 Yemeni civilians killed in Saudi-led coalition air strike
An air strike by a Saudi-led coalition killed 36 civilians working at a bottling plant in the northern Yemeni province of Hajjah on Sunday,...
Civilians flee as army steps up Khyber offensive on Taliban
Thousands of civilians were forced to flee the Khyber Agency, the security forces said on Thursday, as the army stepped up a two-week-old offensive...
US airstrike kills 11 Afghan civilians
Kunar police chief says civilian casualties occurred when a joint Afghan-NATO patrol was ambushed by militants and air support was sought to fend off...
No Pakistani civilians killed by US drones in 2013, says UN...
No Pakistani civilians were killed by US drones last year as Washington slashed its controversial use of the pilotless planes in the country, a...
Blasts kill 8 Afghan soldiers, 4 civilians
Roadside bomb attacks have killed eight Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and four civilians in various provinces, officials said on Wednesday.
Seven soldiers were killed...
At least 8 civilians killed in NATO-led operation in eastern Afghanistan
At least eight civilians were killed in a blast following an operation carried out by Afghan forces and the NATO-led coalition troops in eastern...
India must not target civilians: Rangers deputy DG
Pakistan Rangers (PR) on Wednesday voiced their protest over targeting of Pakistani citizens by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and called for an end...
New US study seeks answers on drones implications for civilians
A new study, carried out by two American organizations, has called on the White House to evaluate the impact of drone strikes.
The study also...
Drone strikes kill, maim and traumatize too many civilians, US study...
US drone strikes in Pakistan have killed far more people than the United States has acknowledged, have traumatized innocent residents and largely been ineffective,...
