It is with regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Private Matthew Haseldin from 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (2 MERCIAN) in Afghanistan on Thursday 3 November 2011.
Private Haseldin was killed in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, while on an operation to maintain freedom of movement for the local population. His [...]
TALIBAN gunmen have attacked a school van in northwestern Pakistan, killing four children and the driver in an assault they said was carried out to punish local tribesman for resisting the insurgent movement.
At least 14 other children and two female teachers were wounded in the attack in Matani on the outskirts of the main northwestern [...]
NATO has confirmed that an American soldier mistakenly killed an Afghan journalist working for the BBC in July.
Ahmed Omed Khpulwak, 25, was shot dead after he was mistaken for an insurgent shortly after a suicide bombing. He was one of 19 people killed in the town of Tarin Kowt in southern Uruzgan province.
An ISAF report [...]
The mood was solemn across Norway on Sunday as the nation turned out to memorial services to remember victims of Friday’s twin terrorist attacks.
A memorial service at Oslo Cathedral was joined by members of the royal family and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
Mr Stoltenberg told victims’ families: “We’re crying with you.”
He said: “Every single one of [...]
People will gather in London’s Hyde Park on Thursday to honor and remember the victims of the 7/7 attacks that took place exactly six years ago.
The July 7, 2005 incident claimed the lives of 52 people and injured several hundreds more. Terrorists detonated a total of four bombs in London that morning — three [...]
A British soldier killed by a Taliban bomb in Afghanistan left £100,000 in his will — so his friends could go on vacation to Las Vegas, The Sun reported Monday. Royal Marine David Hart, who had taken out a £250.000 life insurance policy before he was deployed to Afghanistan, stipulated in a letter that in [...]
A Bundeswehr soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday when roadside bomb exploded near his Fuchs armoured personnel carrier, injuring a second German soldier and an Afghan translator.
The Bundeswehr informed the German parliament of the soldier’s death near the regional capital Kunduz, according to Der Spiegel magazine. It is thought the [...]
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