Tag: Soldiers

LoC heats up after brief calm

--Three soldiers embrace martyrdom, one wounded as India fires across LoC --Teenager martyred and three women injured as well --Pakistan Army says it killed seven Indian...

7 Turkish soldiers killed in blast blamed on Kurdish rebels

  ANKARA: Kurdish rebels detonated an explosive device on a road in southeast Turkey, killing at least seven soldiers on Thursday, officials said. Two other...

WATCH: Pakistan-India soldiers dance to Bollywood songs in Russia

A video telecast by the Indian media is showing soldiers of Pakistan and Indian armies dancing together to Bollywood songs in Russia. Both armies are...

4 soldiers killed in Turkey, 3 of them in friendly fire

ANKARA: Turkish officials say four soldiers have been killed in violence in southeastern Turkey where troops are battling Kurdish rebels — three of them...

Zimbabwean soldiers beating up opposition, rights group says

HARARE: Zimbabwean security forces and unidentified gunmen have beaten and harassed dozens of people in a crackdown on the political opposition following a disputed...

Two pro-freedom militants, four Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir shootout

SRINAGAR: Two pro-freedom militants and four Indian soldiers were killed on Tuesday in a gunbattle along the Line of Control (LoC) in Occupied Kashmir...

Cameroon arrests four soldiers suspected of executing women and children

  YAOUNDE: Cameroon has arrested four soldiers suspected of shooting dead two women and two children in the country's far north where its army is...

Austria offers soldiers to help control migrants

ROME: Austria is offering to provide soldiers to the Balkans or North Africa to help control the flow of migrants into Europe. Defense Minister Mario...

Philippine soldiers accidentally kill six police in jungle clash

MANILA: Philippine soldiers mistakenly killed six police officers and wounded nine on Monday during an operation against Maoist guerrillas in thick jungle, an army...

Ceremony to honour martyrs, soldiers held in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: A ceremony was held to honour the martyrs and soldiers of the Pakistan armed forces, the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)...

Greece says Turkey may be holding two soldiers for political gain

ATHENS: Greece said on Monday that Turkey appeared to be seeking some political leverage by continuing to hold two of its soldiers without trial...

Seven Turkish soldiers die in Afrin ofensive

AFRIN: Seven Turkish soldiers were killed Saturday in Turkey's offensive against Kurdish militia inside Syria, including five who died in a single attack on...

Two soldiers killed as US Army Apache crashes in California

CALIFORNIA: A US Army Apache attack helicopter crashed early Saturday morning in California, killing two soldiers, a spokesman for the Army said. An investigation is...

Myanmar soldiers had murdered 10 captured Muslim ‘terrorists’

YANGON: Myanmar’s military said its soldiers had murdered 10 captured Muslim “terrorists” during insurgent attacks at the beginning of September after Buddhist villagers had...

Respect every soldier of Pak Army, didn’t mean to hurt anyone:...

WASHINGTON: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said he “respects every soldier” and is “proud of the Pakistan Army” for carrying out the anti-terror operation,...

Waste fears as Afghan soldiers cash in on spent ammo

Zahir Jan, a scrap metal dealer in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, pays about 175 Afghani ($2.55) per kilo of spent cartridge casings...

Al Qaeda militants execute 17 Yemeni govt soldiers

Suspected al Qaeda militants in southern Yemen seized and executed 17 soldiers loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Saturday, local officials and residents...