Tag: Troops
200 French troops called back from Afghanistan
France is to withdraw around 200 troops from its 4,000-strong force fighting as part of the NATO coalition in Afghanistan before the end of...
US, Pakistan reach deal to limit troops
The United States and Pakistan have agreed to limit the number of American troops in Pakistan, a private TV channel reported on Tuesday. According...
Anti-Saleh demo in Sanaa protected by dissident troops
Protesters calling for an end to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime gathered massively in the capital Sanaa on Friday, protected by dissident army...
Anti-Gaddafi troops enter Bani Walid
Libyan fighters poured into a desert town held by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on Friday as explosions and gunfire echoed around the town's...
Wounded troops shot dead after bomb in Thai south
Five soldiers were killed after suspected insurgents opened fire on those injured in a roadside bombing in Thailand’s restive deep south on Thursday, police...
More troops deployed in rain-hit areas
Fresh army troops have been deployed along with necessary equipment for rescue efforts in southern Sindh (Laarr, Thar and Naaro) while the army personnel...
Fresh troops being deployed along Pak-Afghan border
Fresh troops are being deployed along the Pak-Afghan border to stop militants’ insurgency from Afghanistan, Lower Dir District Coordination Officer Mahmood Aslam Wazir said...
US troops in Afghanistan mark 9/11 after 10 years of war
US soldiers paid solemn tribute on Sunday to victims of September 11 at bases across Afghanistan, where the war is still raging 10 years...
Iraq’s Sadr orders no attacks on US troops before pullout
Radical Iraqi leader Moqtada Sadr has ordered his followers not to launch any attacks on US troops before the completion of their pullout from...
Allowing US troops into Pakistan was the right decision, says Musharraf
Pakistan would have had to fight a joint-army of the US and India if it had not allowed American troops on its territory to...
Yemeni troops clash with tribesmen in Taez
Fierce clashes erupted in Yemen's second city Taez overnight between troops and tribesmen siding with protesters who are demanding President Ali Abdullah Saleh's ouster,...
3 troops killed in Indian firing across LoC
Three Pakistan Army soldiers were killed and one Indian trooper was hurt in an exchange of fire by the rival militaries across the Line...
Taiwan deploys 50,000 troops as typhoon hits
Taiwan deployed more than 50,000 troops on Monday and evacuated thousands of people as Typhoon Nanmadol pummelled some of the island’s most densely populated...
Syrian troops enter Lebanon border town
Syrian troops backed by tanks and personnel carriers rumbled Monday into the village of Hit bordering Lebanon and heavy gunfire could be heard, a...
Cross-border Taliban raid kills 25 troops
Hundreds of Taliban militants from Afghanistan launched a pre-dawn cross-border raid on security forces’ checkposts in the border regions of Chitral district on Saturday,...
Defiant Gaddafi vows victory as rebels advance
A beleaguered Muammer Gaddafi urged supporters Sunday to "march by the millions" and quash a months-long uprising, as strong explosions rocked Tripoli amid fighting...
US troops may stay in Afghanistan until 2024: report
Washington and Kabul are close to signing a strategic pact which would allow thousands of US troops to remain in Afghanistan until at least...
