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Landmine blast kills 8 Pakistani soldiers
Peshawar :: Pakistan | 23 days ago
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A landmine explosion and an ambush by militants killed at least 10 Pakistani soldiers in separate incidents in the northwest region, security officials said. Eight of the soldiers died Wednesday in the Daw Jungi area after their vehicle hit a landmine,...
Tags: Pakistani Dawn, vehicle hit, Mohmand Agency, Dojangi, Afghanistan, soldiers killing, roadside bomb, terrorists attack, Pakistan, Peshawar, Taliban insurgency, War in Afghanistan, Taliban, War Conflict, Politics, War on Terrorism, Mohmand, Charsadda District, Frontier Corps, Waziristan, Al-Qaeda, Chronology of terrorist incidents in Pakistan, Drone attacks in Pakistan, Counter-terrorism, Iraq, Pakistan Army, Parviz, Tariq Majid, Ahmad Shuja Pasha, Ahsan Saleem Hyat, Military of Pakistan, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Inter-Services Intelligence
Soldiers killed in Afghan lightning storm
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 2 months ago
Credibility The French presidency said the soldiers, serving with two regiments stationed in north-eastern Kapisa province, "died accidentally during an operation taking place by night" in the Afghanya Valley on Saturday night. One of the soldiers was struck by lightning...
Tags: Afghanistan Kabul, Christophe Prazuck, violent storm, Afghanya Valley, military spokesman, flooding river, French, swept away, soldiers killing, Afghanistan, Kabul
Italy: PM party girl receives 'threat' message
Rome :: Italy | 2 months ago
Credibility A young woman who allegedly attended parties at the homes of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi claims to have received a threatening text message. The woman, who has not been named, told police she received an anonymous sms text message warning...
Tags: Italian, Afghanistan, Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, soldiers killing, Kabul, Franco Frattini, prime minister, foreigners minister, minister silvio, Rome
Army IDs soldiers killed in copter crash
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 months ago
Credibility The four special-operations soldiers who died in a helicopter crash near Leadville on Wednesday had served on dozens of missions in Iraq and elsewhere. Officials at Fort Campbell, Ky., where the soldiers were stationed, Friday identified the four, who...
Tags: helicopter crash, Terrance Geer, soldiers killing, army ids, Army Warrant, The Army, Colorado, warrant officer
Hero soldier killed 'retrieving body' named
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 months ago
Credibility A British soldier, killed in Afghanistan while trying to retrieve an Afghan comrade's body, has been named. Private Jason Williams, 23, from Worcester, of the 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment, died after setting off an improvised explosive device near...
Tags: Jason Williams, private jason, Helmand Province, mercian regiment, Worcester, soldiers killing
UK Afghan mission support 'rises'
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
Credibility Public opinion is almost evenly divided over the UK mission in Afghanistan but support has grown since 2006, a poll for the BBC and the Guardian suggests. Criticism of the UK's Afghan strategy is mounting, with 15 soldiers killed in the first 10 days...
Tags: Afghanistan, British, BBC, soldiers killing
British soldier killed in Afghanistan
London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
Credibility LONDON: Another British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday, the 176th British fatality since the war began and the seventh to die in a week. The soldier from the Light Dragoons was killed near Gereshk in...
Tags: S Afghanistan, Afghanistan Blast, Helmand, British, southern afghanistan, soldiers killing, helmand province, American, U.S, chopper crashed
Three foreign soldiers killed in Afghan chopper crash
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 5 months ago
Credibility KABUL: Three soldiers from the NATO-led force were killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the alliance in Afghanistan said in on Tuesday. The helicopter crashed on takeoff from a base in Zabul, southern Afghanistan. The...
Tags: Northern Afghanistan, U.S, canadians soldiers, southern afghanistan, soldiers killing, helicopter crash, roadside bombs, Kunduz
Latest fallen soldier begins journey home
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 5 months ago
Credibility Nick Bulger, killed Friday in Afghanistan when his Canadian Forces vehicle hit a roadside bomb, was remembered Saturday as a motivator and committed soldier. More than 2,000 people gathered in the wind and heat of Kandahar Airfield to pay tribute to...
Tags: Afghanistan, Kandahar Airfield, Nick Bulger, Canada, soldiers killing, Kandahar City, Nicholas Bulger, Canadian Light Infantry, ramp ceremony
NATO soldiers injured, killed in Afghanistan
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 5 months ago
Credibility Taliban forces have launched further attacks on US-led forces in Afghanistan, leaving one foreign soldier killed and three others wounded...The Taliban claimed the responsibility for the blast in Kandahar's town of Arghandab, but the group's spokesman,...
Tags: Afghanistan, British Ministry of Defense, Kandahar, Black Watch, 3rd battalion, soldiers killing, near kandahar, Royal Regiment, southern afghanistan, Task Force Helmand
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