Tag: Soldiers

3 soldiers, 14 militants killed in Mohmand

Dozens of militants attacked a paramilitary checkpoint overnight, sparking clashes that left at least three soldiers and up to 14 militants dead, officials said...

US soldier’s lawyer slams Afghan killings ‘blackout’

The lawyer representing a US soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan villagers condemned Friday what he called an “information blackout” that prevents him from...

Seven soldiers, 22 militants killed in clashes

At least seven soldiers and 22 militants died in clashes between troops and militants in the restive northwestern tribal belt over the past 24...

Taliban attack ‘kills three soldiers’

At least three soldiers were killed after dozens of Taliban militants stormed a check post in tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said...

Renegade Mali soldiers claim control of palace

Renegade Mali soldiers said Thursday they had seized the presidential palace and arrested several ministers after a gunbattle, in an apparent coup bid in...

7 soldiers killed in Taliban ambush

At least seven soldiers were killed and two others were injured when Taliban militants armed with machine guns and rockets ambushed a military convoy...

Six British soldiers missing presumed dead in Afghanistan

Six British soldiers are missing and are believed to have been killed in Afghanistan after an explosion hit an armoured vehicle, Britain's Ministry of...

Afghan NATO base attacked, seven US soldiers injured

Seven US military trainers were injured on Sunday when a grenade was thrown at their base in northern Afghanistan, police said, as anti-Western fury...

The silver lining

Inching towards understanding After the hard talk during Karzai’s Islamabad visit last week, PM Gilani’s statement comes as nothing short of a game changer in...

Two soldiers killed, four injured in Khyber Agency bomb blast

At least two security personnel were martyred and four others injured in a remote controlled bomb blast by the militants here on Saturday. According to...

Seven Pakistani soldiers, 18 militants killed in lower Kurram

Seven Pakistani soldiers were killed and three others wounded in a Taliban attack on their check post in the country's northwestern tribal belt, according...

Seven soldiers killed in Taliban attack

Seven Pakistani soldiers were killed and three others wounded in a Taliban attack on their check post in the Kurram region, security officials said...

6 FC personnel killed in Dera Bugti

Gunmen stormed a checkpost before dawn on Thursday, killing six soldiers, snatching their weapons and escaping in the district of Dera Bugti in Balochistan,...

Bodies of 14 dead FC soldiers sent home

The dead bodies of 14 Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan soldiers killed on Wednesday in an ambush in Buleda Kalag in district Turbat by Baloch...

10 missing soldiers found dead in Orakzai

Ten security forces personnel who had gone missing during a clash with militants on December 21, were found dead in the Kago Qamar area...

TTP kills 15 soldiers, vows further “revenge”

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have killed 15 kidnapped troops in revenge for military operations against them near the Afghan border, a Taliban spokesman said...

‘Afghan army soldier’ kills two NATO troops

A man wearing an Afghan army uniform on Thursday shot dead two members of NATO's US-led International Security Assistance Force, military officials said. The Taliban...