Tag: Troops
IEDs killed over 2,000 troops, civilians in KP, Balochistan
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) have become the deadliest weapon used by the militants against civilians and security forces alike in Pakistan.
As much as...
Troops pound Syria’s Homs, 48 killed
Syrian troops pounded several rebel-held districts in the central city of Homs on Tuesday, as the death toll mounted across the country, said the...
Troops pound Homs, 34 killed in Syria
Syrian forces pounded Homs on Monday as they pressed their campaign against rebel strongholds in the city, while 34 people were killed across the...
Blast in French-controlled Afghan town kills five
An improvised bomb killed four police and a civilian on Monday in an Afghan town where hundreds of French troops have been deployed to...
Damascus suburb shelled, 9 killed across Syria: NGO
Syrian troops shelled a rebel bastion in northern Damascus during the night, killing seven people, while a civilian and a rebel leader were killed...
Yemen army seizes third city after Qaeda pullout
Yemeni troops took control of the southern city of Shuqra on Friday after Al-Qaeda militants pulled out of the third jihadist bastion to fall...
Syria troops pound Al-Haffe, massacre feared
Syrian regime forces shelled the northwestern town of Al-Haffe for an eighth day on Tuesday, sparking fears of an impending massacre and UN demands...
Yemen army seizes Qaeda munitions factory, kills 26 gunmen
Yemeni troops seized control of an Al-Qaeda munitions factory in the southern Abyan province on Monday as battles for control of the restive region...
Bomber kills 4 French troops in Afghanistan
A suspected Taliban suicide bomber wearing a burqa killed four French soldiers and wounded five others Saturday in an attack on a convoy of...
India will stick to its position on Siachen
The government of India has decided to stick to the conventional position that before any demilitarisation of Siachen, Pakistan should agree to full demarcation...
52 days on, Pakistan declares buried troops dead
Pakistan on Tuesday declared dead 140 people buried alive by a huge avalanche in a disputed part of the Himalayas more than seven weeks...
As foreign troops leave, Afghan refugees and poverty increase
Gulam recalls the evening she fled her home in northern Afghanistan on foot, running with her teen daughters under the cloak of darkness to...
Siachen talks in June: Antony
Indian Defence Minister said late Tuesday that New Delhi would insist on proper authentication by Pakistan of the troop positions in Siachen before any...
At least 32 Yemeni troops killed in militant attack
Islamist gunmen killed at least 32 soldiers on Monday when they stormed a military position in southern Yemen where militants control broad swathes of...
US troops posed with Afghan remains in 2010: report
US soldiers posed with the mangled bodies of suspected Afghan suicide bombers in graphic photos published Wednesday, prompting swift condemnation from US Defense Secretary...
Indian troops kill five youth in Hindwara
Indian troops, in their fresh acts of state terrorism, martyred five Kashmiri youth in Handwara on Wednesday during siege and search operations. Of those...
Minor girl killed, 7 FC troops injured in Mattani checkpost attack
A minor girl was killed, while her sister along-with six soldiers of Frontier Constabulary (FC) were injured in cross firing ensued following militants’ attack...
