2019 • Page 97 of 119 • The Defense Post

Mar- 2019 -

1 March

India Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman

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Indian Air Force pilot returns from Pakistan as violence rages in Kashmir

An Indian Air Force pilot detained in Pakistan after being shot down in an aerial engagement with Pakistan Air Force aircraft returned to India

1 March

Africa

Fergus Kelly

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Roadside bomb blast in Mali kills 9 soldiers in G5 Sahel joint force

Nine Malian soldiers attached to the G5 Sahel Joint Force were killed when a vehicle in which they were traveling was struck by a roadside bomb

1 March

Europe

Irish police discover explosives, firearms, ammunition near border

Fergus Kelly

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Irish police find explosives, firearms and ammunition near border

Explosives, firearms and a "sizeable" quantity of ammunition have been discovered during searches near the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland

1 March

Asia Pacific

Afghan Air Force UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter

Staff Writer With AFP

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Afghanistan forces repel Taliban attack on military base in Helmand

A Taliban attack on a US-Afghan base was repelled in southeast Afghanistan's Helmand province as fighting continues in the war-torn country

1 March

Africa

Al Shabaab attacked a hotel on Maka Al-mukarama street in Mogadishu, Somalia

Staff Writer With AFP

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Fighting ends in Somalia capital after Al Shabaab attack leaves 19 dead

Security forces ended a siege by Al-Shabaab nearly 24 hours after insurgents mounted an attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu that left at least 19 dead

Feb- 2019 -

28 February

Africa

A Danish pilot gives a security brief to French Army troops

Staff Writer With AFP

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Denmark proposes deployment to France’s Operation Barkhane in the Sahel

The Danish government announced that it plans to send troops and transport helicopters to support France's Operation Barkhane in the Sahel

28 February

Asia Pacific

Afghan Special Security Forces and U.S. Special Operations Forces await exfiltration after night raids on compounds used by Taliban irreconcilables to plan and facilitate attacks in western Balkh province

Shadi Khan Saif

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Afghanistan fears spillover of India-Pakistan tensions

Fearing a spillover from tensions between India and Pakistan, war-ravaged Afghanistan has advised its nuclear-armed neighbors to exercise restraint

28 February

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Pakistan will release Indian pilot in ‘peace gesture,’ Khan says

Pakistan will release an Indian pilot captured after he was shot down in a rare engagement between the neighbors in Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan said

28 February

Asia Pacific