Tag: Soldier

Bomb kills two soldiers in Balochistan: officials

A bomb blast Saturday killed two soldiers and wounded two others in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan, which borders Afghanistan and Iran, officials said. The...

New Zealand SAS soldier killed in Afghanistan

A New Zealand special forces soldier was shot dead in Afghanistan while taking part in an operation against insurgents near the capital Kabul, Prime...

21 killed in Taliban clash at Orakzai checkpost

Taliban gunmen stormed a Pakistani checkpoint in the country's lawless tribal belt on Tuesday, killing one soldier and sparking clashes in which up to...

Indian firing kills Pakistani soldier

An Army official embraced martyrdom on Tuesday after the Indian Army opened indiscriminate fire at a check post in the Machal sector of the...

Afghan charges against Australian soldier dropped

No Australian soldier will face a court martial over the death of six civilians, including five children, during a 2009 raid in Afghanistan, the...

Australian soldier killed in IED blast

An Australian soldier patrolling with Afghan army troops was killed Monday by an improvised explosive device, officials said, the country's 29th death in the...

One soldier, 2 militants killed in Waziristan attacks

One soldier was killed and five others injured in an attack on a checkpost and a roadside bomb blast here in South and North...

Gunmen kill soldier in Yemen’s Aden

Yemeni gunmen attacked a security patrol in the southern city of Aden on Tuesday, killing one soldier and wounding another, a local official said,...

UK probes claims that soldier kept Taliban fingers

Britain's Ministry of Defence said Monday it was investigating allegations that a soldier sliced off the fingers of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and...

US soldier sentenced to 3 years for Afghan killings

A US soldier accused of killing Afghan civilians was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in...

NATO soldier killed in apparent “rogue” shooting

A service member from the NATO-led force in Afghanistan was killed when a man dressed as an Afghan policeman opened fire, the coalition said...

IED kills soldier in South Waziristan

A soldier was killed while other received critical injuries in a blast caused by an improvised explosive devise (IED) explosion at Sholaam area of...

One soldier killed, two hurt in S. Waziristan bombing

Militants targeted a vehicle used by the military-run construction company, the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), with a remote-controlled bomb in the South Waziristan tribal...

Afghan army soldier kills NATO service member

An Afghan army soldier killed at least one NATO soldier on Saturday, near the southern Afghan city of Lashkar Gah, due this week to...

Soldier killed, three injured in arms depot blasts

A soldier was killed and three others were seriously injured in three powerful explosions at an army ammunition depot here in Sihala Monday morning. At...

Afghan agent kills NATO soldier, civilian in Panjshir

An agent from Afghanistan's intelligence unit opened fire at a foreign base on Saturday, killing a soldier and a civilian from the NATO-led coalition...

Hundreds of Afghan militants again raid Pakistan, kill soldier

At least 300 militants crossed into Pakistan from Afghanistan and attacked a Pakistani checkpost, government and intelligence officials said on Monday, the sixth cross-border...