Rising civilian casualties a pointer to future threat

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan security forces are now officially in charge of protecting their country from the insurgents whom the U.S.-led coalition of foreign troops has been fighting here for more than 11 years, President Hamid Karzai announced ...

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has rejected the State Election Commission's demand for 1.49 lakh security forces for the first phase of panchayat polls scheduled next month, saying the state did not have requisite forces at its disposal. "You are saying that ...

He said the bulk of the reinforcements could be in place by the end of July. Lyall Grant, UN Security Council president for June, said the UN Disengagement Observer Force would also get "some heavier weapons", extra body armor and see observation ...

British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, Security Council president, says the U.N. is likely to expand its peacekeeping force in the disputed Golan Heights with more troops and heavy weapons. According to him, there is "strong support" in the council ...

Security forces busted a transit camp of Maoists, following a brief encounter, on the hills near Bakracocha village in Ghurabandha area of Ghatshila subdivision, about 100km from Jamshedpur, this morning. One 9mm pistol, three live cartridges, six detonators, ...

Explosion in Kabul coincides with Afghan security handover Four US forces were killed in an attack on Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, a US official said, just as the United States prepares for talks this week with the Taliban. The official, speaking ...

The West Bengal election commission on Tuesday sought the help of the Calcutta HC for details on deployment of security forces by the state for the panchayat polls. Ten persons have died so far across the state in poll-related violence. The high court will ...

Khallari (Dhamtari District, Chhattisgarh), June 5 : Naxals continue to target security forces. Recently, they attacked a patrolling team in the forests of Khallari in Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh. A jawan identified as Jeetendra Yadav was injured in the ...

Two underground cadres, one belonging to the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and another a Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) surrendered to the security force, according to the Press Information Bureau (PIB), Defense Wing, Imphal. PIB ...