Tag: Troops
French troops in ‘very violent’ Mali combat
France's defence minister has confirmed that French forces are engaged in heavy fighting in northern Mali, as suicide car bombing killed six government allies in...
Troops to man every polling station in Karachi
Accepting opposition parties’ requests, the Election Commission on Thursday decided to deploy army personnel at every polling station in Karachi in the upcoming general...
US to retain presence in Afghanistan: Pentagon
The Pentagon’s top civilian and military officials on Sunday expressed an expectation, even a desire that American troops would remain in Afghanistan after the...
French-led troops seize northern Timbuktu
Ground forces backed by French paratroopers and helicopters have taken control of the airport and roads leading into the desert town of Timbuktu, according...
Troops capture another town in northern Mali
French jets have bombed rebel positions as well as fuel stores and ammunition dumps near their Gao stronghold after capturing the town of Hombori...
French and Malian troops push northward
French and Malian troops continued to advance northeast on Tuesday, hours after seizing several central towns from rebels. A Malian official said that the...
French and Malian troops enter Diabaly
French and Malian troops have entered the key central Malian town of Diabaly, which has faced heavy airstrikes and fighting since being seized by...
Indian troops on high alert in border areas of Gujarat
With tension mounting on India’s border with Pakistan, especially in Jammu & Kashmir, defense bases in Gujarat have been put on high alert.
According...
Mali conflict: French troops battle Mali rebels
French troops have been fighting Mali’s Islamist rebels in street battles in the town of Diabaly, Malian and French sources say. In the first...
France to send more troops to Mali
France is planning to deploy a total of 2,500 troops in Mali, more than three times the number sent so far to its former...
ECOWAS to deploy troops to secure Mali
West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS will send troops to Mali by Monday as part of an international military campaign to contain Islamist rebel groups...
UN urges swift deployment of troops to Mali
The UN Security Council has called for a swift deployment of foreign troops to Mali to rein in ultra-conservative armed groups in charge of...
White House not ruling out “zero option” in Afghanistan
Ahead of President Barack Obama's meeting with Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai, the White House says it has not ruled out the "zero option" of pulling...
Pak dubs Indian claim ‘propaganda’
Pakistan on Wednesday rejected the Indian claim that its border forces killed two Indian soldiers in a cross-border attack in Mendhar sector of the...
Obama, Karzai to discuss post-2014 engagement as White House mulls fewer...
On the eve of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s visit to Washington on Monday, American officials said the White House was considering keeping a force...
PTI lauds CEC for designating troops for polls
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Spokesperson Media Cell Karachi, Faisal Vawda, commended the chief election commissioner’s decision of designating Pak Army’s personals for each polling station.
Foreign troops’ withdrawal ‘good for security’: Karzai
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan is good for the country’s security. Speaking at the opening day...
