Tag: Troops
Last US troops out of Iraq say war took toll on...
Soldiers who brought the US war in Iraq to an end on Sunday when they crossed into Kuwait say the conflict, which kept some...
8 troops die as Syrian army defectors retaliate
Army defectors killed at least eight Syrian troops Wednesday in an act of revenge after security forces shot dead five civilians, activists said, in...
Two troops, 10 militants killed in Kurram clashes
At least 10 militants and two soldiers have been killed in clashes between security forces and militants in central Kurram, military officials said on...
Bonn 2011
The road ahead
The Bonn Conference is being convened at a time when all eyes are fixed on December 2014, the final date for withdrawal...
NATO acknowledges Afghan civilian deaths, to retrain troops
The commander of NATO-led forces in Afghanistan has promised the Afghan president his entire force will be retrained immediately after recent civilian deaths during...
A realistic appraisal
No tit for this tat
What the DGMO told senior journalists on Tuesday when quizzed about the absence of a military response to the Nato...
Not helping
Common cause, contrary strategies
Saturday morning’s shelling by NATO helicopters on a security checkpost in Mohmand Agency which left 25 troops, including two senior officers,...
NATO choppers gun down 26 Pakistani troops in Mohmand
Only a day after International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Commander General John Allen discussed border control issues with Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani, North...
Outcome of Afghan jirga
The Afghan jirga has concluded by allowing the presence of American troops in the country for 10 years beyond 2014. Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
‘Pak allows militant fire on US’
Pakistani forces are allowing insurgents to launch rocket and mortar attacks on US troops across the border in Afghanistan and may be collaborating with...
Turkish troops cross into Iraq, head for PKK bases
Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq late on Monday, heading towards Kurdish rebel bases in Haftanin valley, as warplanes bombed the area, local security...
Syrian troops kill 13, ten in Homs
Syrian security forces killed 13 civilians on Friday, 10 of them in the flashpoint central city of Homs, where the death of Libyan leader...
Troops increased along Afghan border to stop militant attacks: ISPR
Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major Gen Athar Abbas has said that regular army and FC have been sent to border...
Troops kill 11 Afghan militants in Upper Dir
Security forces on Tuesday killed 11 militants and injured several others when Taliban insurgents armed with rocket launchers resorted to cross-border attack from Afghanistan...
AU, Somali troops battle diehard rebels in Mogadishu
African Union and Somali government forces on Saturday launched an offensive to flush out remnant Shebab militia from a Mogadishu district, two months after...
ISI faction sending Taliban to attack US troops: Mullen
Recently retired US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Admiral Mike Mullen, whose remarks on the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)’s links to the Haqqani network have...
Rival troops battle in Yemen capital
Six people died as rival troops battled in the streets of the Yemeni capital for a fifth straight day Thursday, following the failure of...
