Tag: Military

Military curbs ethnic unrest in northeast India

Large troop deployments appear to have stemmed an outburst of ethnic violence in northeast India, officials said Thursday, after a week of clashes...

Pakistan military rejects Afghan shelling claim

Pakistan military on Sunday rejected the Afghan claim that Pakistani military fired rockets into Afghanistan, according to a private TV channel. Earlier, the Afghan...

US House slashes $650m military aid for Pakistan

The US House of Representatives has voted to cut $ 650 million in military aid to Pakistan in the next fiscal year’s budget, beginning...

Damascus fighting rages in what may be ‘turning point’

Syria’s military deployed armoured vehicles near central Damascus on Monday as troops battled rebels around the capital in what activists said could be a...

Egypt parliament set to convene, defying military

Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament was set to convene on Tuesday in defiance of the powerful military following a decree by newly elected President Mohamed Morsi...

Probe finds ‘shocking’ abuse in Australian military

A damning report on the Australian military Tuesday detailed 24 allegations of rape that never went to trial and other claims that Defence Minister...

‘France to guard Kabul hospital, airport until 2014’

The French military will guard Kabul’s military hospital and the city’s international airport until 2014, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Sunday. France is...

Six militants killed in Upper Dir

At least six militants were killed when they crossed into Pakistan from Afghanistan and attacked a military check post in Upper Dir on late...

China vows to oppose military provocation

China on Thursday said it would resolutely oppose any military provocation in its territorial waters, remarks which appeared to be directed at the United...

DG ML&C visits CBC

Director General Military Lands and Cantonments Major General Tahir Masood visited Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) on Tuesday. During the briefing DG ML&C emphasized on delivering...

An unholy nexus

It was President Eisenhower of the US who had warned that the US should not allow the formation of a military industrial complex in...

Attack on US outpost along Pak border worse than originally reported:...

A June 1 attack on a U.S. outpost near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border was much worse than originally disclosed by the military as insurgents pounded...

Egypt military to oversee laws, budget: army

Egypt’s ruling military council is to stay in control of legislation and the budget in the absence of a parliament, even as the country...

Gyari Martyred laid to rest in Muzaffarabad

Niak Altaf Hussain Awan, who embraced shahadat in the tragic incident of avalanche in Gyari sector of Siachin, was laid to rest on Saturday...

Bosnian court hands down highest sentence yet for Srebrenica

The Bosnian war crimes court on Friday handed down its stiffest sentence yet when it jailed a former elite Bosnian Serb soldier for 43...

Saudi, Japan deals drive record US arms sales

Boosted by massive fighter jet deals with Saudi Arabia and Japan, US foreign military sales have shot past $50 billion in a record-breaking year,...

Tirah falls

Where are we going wrong? Clear, hold, build. That’s what the Americans and other coalition partners were going for, with varying measures of success, in...