military casualties

Seven Niger soldiers, dozens of militants killed in Boko Haram attack in Diffa region

Seven soldiers and 38 militants died in an assault by the Boko Haram jihadist group in Gueskerou in the Diffa region of southeastern Niger

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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

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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

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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

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Mali: France airstrike kills 15 in Mopti as EU training base in Koulikoro attacked

French forces with Operation Barkhane and Malian forces killed 15 suspected members of Katiba Macina in an airstrike in Mopti

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Algeria Su-24 ground attack jet crash kills two crew

An Algerian Air Force Su-24 ground attack jet crashed during an overnight training exercise killing its two crew members, the defense ministry said

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Boko Haram kills Nigeria soldiers in attack near Banki

Two Nigerian soldiers were killed and six others injured when Boko Haram militants attacked a military post in Banki near the Cameroon border

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Indian soldiers killed in latest Kashmir violence blamed on militants

Indian troops suffered new losses in a fierce battle with Kashmir militants that left at least seven dead just days after a suicide bombing

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Mali soldier wounded in firefight with German peacekeepers

A Malian soldier was seriously wounded during a night-time exchange of fire with German troops serving as UN peacekeepers in the west African nation

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Boko Haram kills four Nigeria troops in assault on Buni Yadi military base

Four Nigerian soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram attack on a military base in Buni Yadi, the latest in a string in northern Nigeria and southern Niger

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