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In one of the worst chapters of their casualty-marred deployment in Afghanistan, Canadian forces earlier this year lost 10 soldiers in 90 days to improvised bombs on one stretch of highway in Kandahar province. Then a US Army helicopter crew stalking...
Tags: Afghanistan, NATO, Paul W. Bricker, Iraq, US Army, Afghan Army, army helicopter, Kiowa, Kandahar Airfield, nato troop, Kandahar
ISLAMABAD: India has protested against Pakistan’s potential acquisition of US Drone technology. Only two countries, Israel and the US, have this technology. India has said that if Pakistan acquires this know-how it could be dangerous for India. India...
Tags: Pakistani, helicopter crashes, India, South Waziristan, army helicopter, Peshawar, PPPP, drone attack, technical fault
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Forty-one soldiers have been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash. Official sources said that the army helicopter MI-17 was on its way to Peshawar from Parachinnar with the men. As it crossed Aurakzai Agency's Chapri Ferozkhel...
Tags: helicopter crashes, Peshawar, Orakzai Agency, Pakistan Army, Pakistani, NW Pakistan, tribal regions, army helicopter, technical fault, security personnel
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit has said that while there is evidence of external interference in Pakistan, according to international protocol instead of providing the information to the media we will share them with the countries...
Tags: helicopter crashes, NW Pakistan, technical fault, army helicopter, northwestern pakistan, Orakzai
India pulled a masterstroke by destroying the border guards and trying to weaken Bangladesh's army and national security, he noted. His remarks come after some Indian media pointed the finger at Jamaat, claiming the group sparked the mutiny in Bangladesh...
Tags: Dhaka, Bangladesh Army, Tangail district, helicopter crashes, BDR Jawans, army helicopter
Mr Sarkozy also asked French Defence Minister Herve Morin to go to the scene.
Tags: helicopter, crash, Gabonese, helicopter crashes, French, army helicopter, Nicolas Sarkozy, soldiers missing, military exercise, chopper crashes
A Hezbollah fighter opened fire after being taken by surprise when the aircraft landed nearby. Hezbollah, a militant and political group, has faced widespread criticism over the shooting. One of the pilots was killed and the helicopter was forced to crash-land.
Tags: Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Israeli, army helicopter, Hizbullah
A Lebanese army helicopter made a forced landing after being hit by gunfire in south Lebanon on Thursday, a Lebanese security source said, adding that the pilot had been killed. No other details were immediately available and it was not clear who had...
Tags: Lebanon Palestinian, army helicopter, Lebanese Army, south lebanon, emergency landing, usa, helicopter hit, southern village, Telal Sejoud, Palestinian Fatah
A Thai army helicopter crashed in an insurgency-plagued area of southern Thailand on Friday, killing all 10 people on board. The helicopter reported engine trouble before it crash-landed and exploded in Yala province, scene of a bloody Muslim separatist...
Tags: helicopter crashes, army helicopter, Yala, Thailand, yala provinces, Thai Muslim, army spokesman, Bannang Sata district, military helicopter, Royal Thai Army
Two people died when an army helicopter crashed through power lines in Devon, the Ministry of Defence said yesterday. Thousands of homes lost electricity as the Squirrel helicopter came down near Kingscott, near Torrington, at 3.45pm...Another was flown...
Tags: North Devon, helicopter crashing, army helicopter, near torrington, Kingscott, Torrington, fields near, pronounced dead