military casualties

2 US service members killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash

Two US military personnel were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, the NATO Resolute Support mission said

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Gunmen ambush Burundi soldiers near Rwanda border, defense ministry says

Military sources said at least eight Burundi soldiers died in a night jungle ambush near the border with Rwanda

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At least 24 Mali soldiers, 17 ‘terrorists’ killed in Tabankort during joint operation with Niger

At least 24 soldiers were killed and 29 others injured in Tabankort in eastern Mali during a bilateral Mali-Niger military operation

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Five Italian special forces personnel injured in IED explosion in northern Iraq

Five Italian special forces personnel were wounded when they were struck by an IED while supporting Kurdish Peshmerga in northern Iraq

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Nigeria soldiers killed in ISWAP ambush near Damboa in Borno state

At least 10 Nigerian soldiers were killed and others injured in clashes near Damboa as images ISWAP fighters pledging allegiance to new ISIS leader are released

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Tajikistan security forces killed in border clashes blamed on ISIS

Tajikistan said Islamic State fighters who crossed the border from Afghanistan were behind a clash with security forces that left 17 people dead

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French soldier killed in Mali roadside bomb blast claimed by ISIS

A French soldier deployed to Operation Barkhane was killed between Gao and Menaka in Mali in an IED attack later claimed by Islamic State

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Mali: More than 50 killed in ‘terrorist attack’ in Indelilmane in Menaka region

At least 53 Mali soldiers were killed in a "terrorist attack" on a military post outpost in Indelimane in the locality of Ansongo in the Ménaka region

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Niger soldiers killed in attack on Blabrine military base in southeast Diffa region

Niger's defense ministry said 12 soldiers were killed in a predawn raid on a military base in Blabrine in the southeastern Diffa region near Lake Chad

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Eight Russian soldiers killed in shooting at Zabaykalsky military base

A Russian soldier opened fire at fellow troops in a Siberian military base, killing eight and wounding another two

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