RTT News, By RTT Staff Writer
29 April, 2011
Three NATO soldiers were killed in separate attacks by militants in Afghanistan on Thursday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘militants’
AFGHANISTAN: 3 NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan, Crossfire Deaths, Improvised Explosive Device (IED), Insurgents, NATO/Allies, tagged Afghanistan, ied, militants, NATO troops on May 2, 2011 |
PAKISTAN: U.S Drone attack kills 25 in Pakistan
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Drone, Middle-East, Military, NATO/Allies, Pakistan, tagged drones, militants, North Waziristan, Pakistan, us military on April 27, 2011 |
Los Angeles Times, By Alex Rodriguez
23 April 2011
A U.S. missile strike killed at least 25 people Friday in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region, signaling that Washington’s use of drones against militants along the Afghan border will continue despite intensifying opposition from Pakistani leaders. (more…)
PAKISTAN: Pakistanis flee troubled areas near Afghan border
Posted in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Displacement, Government, Gunfire, Insurgents, Internal Displaced Persons, Mortars, Pakistan, tagged Civilian Casualties, Displacement, militants, Mortar Shells, Pakistan, Pakistan military on April 18, 2011 |
Associated Press, By Nahal Toosi and Ishtiaq Mahsud
April 18, 2011
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — When a mortar shell killed three people at his neighbor’s house, Munir Khan knew it was time for him and his family to pack up and leave his village near the Afghan border.
In doing so, they joined around 1 million other people still displaced as a result of fighting between Islamist militants and Pakistan’s army. (more…)
SOMALIA: Seven killed in Somalia clashes: witnesses
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Al Qaeda, Al-Shebab, civil war, civilian, Dhobley, militants, Mogadishu, Somalia on April 4, 2011 |
(AFP) – 4/3/11
MOGADISHU — Pro-government forces in Somalia Sunday attacked bases of the Al Qaeda-linked Shebab militants in a southern town sparking fighting in which seven people died, officials and witnesses said. (more…)
SOMALIA: Seven killed in Somalia clashes: witnesses
Posted in Africa, AMISOM, Crossfire Deaths, Government, Gunfire, Military, Mortars, Somalia, Terrorists, tagged Al Qaeda, ANISOM, Civilian Casualties, militants, Somalia on April 4, 2011 |
April 3, 2011
MOGADISHU — Pro-government forces in Somalia Sunday attacked bases of the Al Qaeda-linked Shebab militants in a southern town sparking fighting in which seven people died, officials and witnesses said.
The clashes erupted at noon on the fringes of Dhobley and continued for about five hours. Witnesses said both sides used heavy machine guns, mortars and anti-aircraft guns.
Security official Major Mohamed Farah said: “Our forces took control of Dhobley and other contested areas and we killed several of the enemy fighters.” (more…)
