The United States may keep a force of 6,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, when Afghan forces will be responsible for security across the country, a top American Senator has said.“We are planning to keep a force of perhaps 6,000 to 12,000 after 2014 when all combat forces are to ...

BAMAKO: Suicide bombers targeted troops in two towns in war-torn northernMalion Friday, leaving five of the attackers dead and two Malian soldiers wounded, military sources said. The first attack was against soldiers from neighbouringNigerstationed in Menaka, a Saharan desert commune 300 kilometres ...

SIALKOT - The indiscriminate firing by the Indian security forces on Pakistani bordering villages in Shakargarh panicked the villagers on Tuesday.According to Chenab Rangers officials, villagers were offering Fajar prayer, when the Indian forces unleashed firing from Blair post on bordering ...

Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on Tuesday chaired a meeting here to review security arrangements, especially in Sindh, on the Election Day.According to Media Reports, Gen. Kayani ordered to fully implement security plan while he also said that helicopters will also be ready in ...

  KANDAHAR   A roadside bomb killed fiveUStroops Saturday inAfghanistanand two other Nato soldiers were shot dead in an "insider attack", a week after the Taliban launched their spring offensive. The bomb killed five soldiers in a vehicle in the southern province of Kandahar, local police ...

ISLAMABAD  - Unveiling future strategy of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), party President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi Thursday said that PTI, if voted to power, would withdraw security forces from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and Balochistan."We will recall troops currently operating in ...

BEIRUTFresh fighting erupted on the outskirts of Damascus on Friday, as Syrian regime troops battled rebels in the north, south and east, backed in some areas by tanks and militia, a watchdog said.“Fierce clashes are raging in Barzeh district, pitting rebels against troops and members of the ...

NEW DELHI:India's foreign ministry said Tuesday it had askedChinato withdraw troops who have allegedly advanced into disputed territory claimed byNew Delhiin a remote area of theHimalayas. "We have asked the Chinese side to maintain the status quo in this sector (of the western border)," spokesman ...

BEIJING  - China dismissed as speculations on Monday complaints from New Delhi that its troops had crossed into Indian territory and set up a camp in a remote disputed area of the Himalayas.The Indian government claimed at the weekend that soldiers from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) ...

SRINAGAR :  Several dozen Chinese soldiers have set up a remote camp some 10 km inside territory ‘claimed’ by India in the high altitude Himalayan desert of Ladakh, Indian police sources said, in a possible return to border tension between the two countries. An Indian foreign ministry ...

KHYBER AGENCY - At least five forces personnel sustained injuries in fresh clashes between forces and militants here in Aka Khel, Tehsil Bara, sub-division of Khyber, official sources said on Tuesday.The sources said that unknown militants attacked forces hideout injuring five troops. In ...

SILWAD - Scores of Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli soldiers for a second day in the occupied West Bank on Friday, after locals accused Jewish settlers of beating a man with steel pipes. Youths heaved rocks at Israeli army jeeps as smoke from blazing tyres mixed with tear gas a few hundred ...

GAO (AFP) - Mali’s prime minister on Thursday urged France to maintain a military presence in its former colony, as troops began an early withdrawal three months after ousting armed rebels from the country’s north.Diango Cissoko made the plea on a tour of Gao, the first visit to the ...

PESHAWAR  - Heavy fighting between Pakistani troops and militants has killed 23 soldiers and more than 110 enemy fighters at a flashpoint near the Afghan border, military officials said on Tuesday.The clashes signalled a fresh military push in the Tirah Valley of Khyber district, where the ...

MANILA (AFP) - Thousands of US and Filipino troops began annual military exercises on Friday that the Philippines said were vital to building its defence capabilities to face the rising threat of China.Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario used the launch of the 12-day Balikatan ...

KHYBER AGENCY – At least fourteen militants were killed and five troopers martyred in airstrikes and skirmishes between security forces and militants in different areas of Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency on Friday.In the first operation held in Dwa Toai, Sarai Morcha, Narai Baba, Takhtakai and ...

KURRAM AGENCY - At least two soldiers injured and five militants killed when a group of Afghan assailants stormed forces check post in a pre-dawn attack in Kurram Agency on Thursday.The militants carried out the attack at around 5:30am and reportedly lasted until 7am. A group of militants, armed ...

UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council has voiced “grave concern” at the presence of the Syrian and opposition troops inside the demilitarised area of the Golan Heights that peacekeepers have been monitoring since 1974, calling on both sides to respect the blue helmets’ freedom ...

KHYBER AGENCY - Militants late on Monday night attacked a security forces checkpost in Shalober area of tehsil Bara in Khyber Agency, sparking clashes that killed six security personnel and four terrorists overnight, sources said Tuesday.The sources said militants weapons attacked on the forces ...

A decision on immunity for U.S. troops staying in Afghanistan after the 2014 planned withdrawal will be made by the end of the year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday."The issue of immunity is under discussion (and) it is going to take eight to nine months before we reach agreement," ...

NABLUS (AFP) - At least two Palestinians were wounded on Thursday in clashes with Israeli forces in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Palestinian and Israeli sources told AFP.Palestinian security sources said clashes erupted after Israeli forces entered Jenin’s industrial zone and left ...

BEIRUT  - Regime forces Sunday pressed a fierce offensive in Homs after overrunning a key neighbourhood of the central city, according to a watchdog, which also listed 23 children killed in violence across Syria.The latest bloodletting comes after international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi ...

BEIRUT/TEHRAN - Syrian forces assaulted rebel areas southwest of Damascus and insurgents captured large parts of a military school in the north as the nation’s conflict entered its 22nd month Saturday, activists said, while Iran’s armed forces chief of staff on Saturday warned Turkey ...

KABUL  - US soldiers killed seven Taliban insurgents in a successful pre-dawn raid to rescue a kidnapped American doctor in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the Nato force in the war-torn country said.The mission was launched when intelligence showed that Dr Dilip Joseph was in "imminent danger ...

PESHAWAR - A large number of regular Army troops have been deployed for launched an operation in Khyber Agency, reported BBC on Tuesday. The move came following a clash between security forces and militants. According to eyewitnesses, security forces have cordoned off several areas in Barqamber ...

KADUNA (AFP) - Nigerian troops patrolled the streets of the northern city of Kaduna on Monday, a day after at least 10 people were killed and 145 wounded in a suicide church bombing and reprisal violence.Many residents remained indoors as soldiers mounted checkpoints and frisked motorists and ...

PESHAWAR - Unidentified armed men on Friday attacked a security checkpost in Tehsil Ladha of South Waziristan Agency, killing four troops, reported BBC.According to a local official, the assailants’ late-night attack on the checkpost invited a retaliation from the security forces. He said the ...

kalaya  - A security man embraced martyrdom and two others sustained wounds in a landmine blast in Orakzai Agency on Monday. A patrol hit the landmine in Mamozai area of Upper Orakzai, martyring a trooper and critically injuring two others. The injured were rushed to hospital. After the blast, ...

DAMASCUS  - Syrian troops and pro-regime militias stormed and torched a southern town on Saturday, reports said, as UN observers visited a central village where a mass killing has provoked harsh global condemnation.Hundreds of soldiers backed by helicopter gunships attacked Khirbet Ghazaleh in ...

BEIRUT (AFP/Reuters) - Fierce fighting erupted on Wednesday between regime troops and rebels near Damascus and in Homs province, a watchdog said, while reporting 39 more people killed across Syria.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five people were killed in the Damascus suburb of Douma, ...