Tag: Civilians

Civilians to control Upper Swat from March

Military authorities in Swat have decided to handover the administration to civil authorities in Upper Swat by mid-March, Pakistan Today has learnt. According to...

11 civilians killed in Syria

Syrian forces killed at least 11 civilians on Sunday, six of them in the flashpoint region of Homs under siege for several weeks in...

Roadside bomb kills six Afghan civilians

Six civilians were killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, a local official said. "A roadside bomb hit a civilian car...

Yemen calls ceasefire after 5 civilians killed

The Yemeni government and a dissident general signed a ceasefire on Tuesday, hours after five civilians including a child were killed in crossfire between...

Four Syrian soldiers killed, civilians hurt

Four Syrian soldiers were killed and several civilians wounded on Thursday during clashes between troops and deserters in a town in northwest Syria, rights...

Three civilians shot dead in Sanaa despite truce

Artillery fire and shelling rocked Yemen’s capital despite a truce aimed at ending fighting between rival military units and deadly attacks on anti-regime protesters...

Army examines 26,788 civilians in one week

Pakistan Army doctors and paramedical staff, in the first week of establishment of free medical camps, attended 26,788 patients, while 17,550 were screened for...

Civilians flee besieged pro-Gaddafi town

Civilians poured out of the Libyan town of Bani Walid on Monday fearful of new fighting between Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and besieging government troops,...

Syrian forces kill another two civilians

Syria's security forces shot dead a man and a woman as they pursued a crackdown on protest ahead of expected mass demonstrations after Ramadan...

Libya says dozens of civilians killed in NATO strike

Libyan state media said on Tuesday dozens of civilians had been killed in a NATO strike on a village about 150 km (90 miles)...

IEDs in Afghanistan killing the allies, civilians

The use of roadside bombs in Afghanistan against foreign troops and civilians has reached record highs, with US forces struggling to cut off the...

18 civilians killed in Helmand bombing

Eighteen civilians died when a roadside bomb destroyed their minivan in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Friday, a day after a Taliban attack in...

23 Afghan civilians killed in roadside bomb

Twenty-three Afghan civilians were killed on Friday when a roadside bomb blew up their mini-van travelling in the Nahri Sarraj district of volatile Helmand...

Syrian tanks assault town, kill 11 civilians

Syrian troops and security forces backed by tanks killed 11 civilians on Wednesday when they stormed a town near Damascus, Syrian human rights campaigners...

NATO admits five civilians wounded in air strike

NATO's force in Afghanistan admitted Monday that one of its helicopters had accidentally wounded five children in the southern province of Helmand. "A known insurgent...

Syrian forces kill thirteen civilians in Homs

Syrian security forces shot dead 13 civilians on Monday and Tuesday in the central protest hub city of Homs, rights activist Rami Abdel Rahman...

Six civilians killed in NATO raid

Afghan government officials on Thursday accused NATO of killing six civilians, including an 11-year-old girl, during a military operation targeting the Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network....