Tag: Troops
4 troops, 39 militants killed in Bara clash
Four soldiers and at least 39 militants were killed Saturday in a day-long gun battle in Pakistan’s troubled northwestern tribal region, officials said. The...
Troops kill 17 militants in Orakzai
At least 17 militants were killed and 12 others were wounded in clashes with security forces in Upper Orakzai Agency, military officials said on...
10 troops, 50 militants killed in Khyber, Orakzai
A suicide bombing carried out by Pakistani Taliban against another militant outfit killed 23 people and injured 30 others, while 10 soldiers and around...
Ending the stalemate
Why the procrastination?
After advising Marc Grossman last month to put off his visit, Islamabad has now asked Centcom Chief Gen James Mattis also to...
Syrian forces clamp down in Damascus after defiance call
Syrian security forces deployed heavily on Sunday in a tense Damascus neighbourhood where a mourner was shot dead in the largest anti-regime rally seen...
Afghanistan tells troops to move families from Pakistan
Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry has begun ordering soldiers who have families in Pakistan to move them to Afghanistan in a bid to rid the army...
Syria forces fire on Damascus protest dead funeral: activist
Syrian security forces opened fire on Saturday on a huge crowd gathered for the funerals of demonstrators killed in rare protests in the capital,...
Syrians rally against Assad, braving backlash
Thousands of Syrians rallied Friday to demand Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, as the embattled president’s forces unleashed their heaviest pounding yet of Homs in a...
France upends NATO’s exit strategy in Afghanistan
France's decision to withdraw combat troops from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned deals a blow to the US-led war effort and threatens to...
6 troops, 15 militants killed in Kurram fighting
At least six security forces personnel and 15 militants were killed in a clash at the Joogi area of Kurram Agency on Wednesday, officials...
Killing of French troops ‘individual action’: Karzai
The killing of four French troops by an Afghan army soldier was “an isolated and individual action” and did not represent the anger of...
Syria rejects Arab troops, UN urged to step in
Syria on Tuesday ruled out any deployment of Arab troops as proposed by Qatar to halt 10 months of deadly unrest, as army defectors...
Nigerian troops clash with Islamists
Hundreds of people fled their homes Saturday in northeast Nigeria after deadly all-night gun battles between Islamists and security forces, police and residents said....
Bomb kills three NATO troops in Afghanistan
A roadside bomb attack killed three NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan, one of the deadliest flashpoints in the 10-year war against Taliban insurgents, the...
Roadside bomb kills 3 troops in Afghanistan
Three troops from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.
ISAF did...
US troops may stay in Afghanistan after 2014
The US commander in Afghanistan said in an interview published on Wednesday that American troops could stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014, the latest signal...
Egypt troops, protesters clash again
Protesters and troops fought in Cairo on Sunday, the third day of clashes that have killed 10 people and exposed rifts over the army‘s...
