Islamabad, Oct 26 : At least 11 soldiers and 40 militants died in fierce clashes in Pakistan's troubled northwestern region, security officials said Monday.Around half of the casualties occurred in the South Waziristan tribal district where nearly 30,000 soldiers have been fighting an estimated 10,000 Taliban guerrilla fighters for the last 11 days.The army claimed on Monday that troops had secured...
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src="http://static.ibnlive.com/pix/sitepix/11_2009/us-shooting-muslim-90.jpg" alt="IN THE DOCK: The shooting spree left 12 soldiers and a civilian employee at the base dead." title="IN THE DOCK: The shooting spree left 12 soldiers and a civilian employee at the base dead." border="0" width="70" height="50" align="left" hspace="5"/>Maj. Nidal M Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated ...
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A British soldier has been shot dead in Afghanistan while on foot patrol in Helmand Province, the Ministry of Defence said.The soldier was from the 7th Battalion The Rifles, attached to the 3rd Battalion The Rifles Battle Group.The MoD said the soldier was killed as a result of small arms fire while on patrol near Sangin.Lieutenant Colonel David Wakefield, spokesman for Task Force Helmand, said: "It...
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soldier shot himself dead in a forward post in the frontier district of Kupwara, official sources said here today.They said a soldier Sandeep of 5 JAT rifles, posted in a forward post at Kachal near the Line of Control (LoC) in the frontier district of Kupwara shot himself dead with his service rifle.It was not immediately known why the soldier took this step, they said, adding, police have meanwhile,...
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Militant attacks leave six Pakistan troops dead: officials < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateMilitant attacks killed six troops in Pakistan's tribal belt, where soldiers backed by warplanes and helicopter gunships are pressing a major anti-Taliban offensive, officials said Monday.The first attack, late Sunday, left four soldiers dead in Makin, one of the battlefields where ground troops are pressing...
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A British soldier from 4th Battalion The Rifles has been killed in a blast in Afghanistan, according to the Ministry of Defence.This latest death brings the number of UK service personnel killed in Afghanistan since 2001 to 232.This is the second death to be announced on Remembrance Sunday, after a soldier from the 2nd Battalion, The Rifles, died on Saturday.Lieutenant Colonel David Wakefield, spokesman...
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Blast in Peshawar:3 dead, 26 injured...
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Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters on Wednesday in the streets of a key militant stronghold, officials said, as government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan.The soldiers were fighting street by street through the mountainous town of Ladha, the military said in a statement. Over the past day, the fighting has left 10 militants dead in Ladha and...
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Queen Elizabeth II attends the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph on Whitehall.Queen Elizabeth II and Royal family lay wreaths at the Cenotaph, the war memorial near Parliament in LondonBritain honors its war dead each year on the Sunday closest to November 11, the day World War I ended in 1918Hours before the ceremony began, the 200th British soldier was been killed in hostile action in AfghanistanThat...
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from Fort Hood fold a American flag inside Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 in preparation for President Obama's planned visit on Tuesday. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009.Soldiers from Fort Hood fold a American flag inside Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Monday,...
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