Five Indian Army peacekeepers killed in South Sudan: ministry

[SRP]

This is my first post. Though I am following defence.pk more than 2 years but I am excited


Five Indian Army peacekeepers escorting a United Nations convoy in South Sudan have been killed in an ambush by rebels, the Indian foreign ministry announced on Tuesday.


“Five peacekeepers from India with UNMISS (United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan) killed in ambush in Jonglei,” foreign ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin wrote on Twitter. Incident took place around 8.30 am this morning .
He confirmed the deaths to AFP and said the soldiers had been killed while “escorting a UN convoy”. Around 2200 Indian army personnel are in South Sudan , 5 killed included LT Colonel , Junior commissioned officer (JCO) and three jawans and four more have reportedly been injured in this ambush . more information are awaited.


RIP

 

[zeus]

This is my first post. Though I am following defence.pk more than 2 years but I am excited


Five Indian Army peacekeepers escorting a United Nations convoy in South Sudan have been killed in an ambush by rebels, the Indian foreign ministry announced on Tuesday.


“Five peacekeepers from India with UNMISS (United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan) killed in ambush in Jonglei,” foreign ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin wrote on Twitter. Incident took place around 8.30 am this morning .
He confirmed the deaths to AFP and said the soldiers had been killed while “escorting a UN convoy”. Around 2200 Indian army personnel are in South Sudan , 5 killed included LT Colonel , Junior commissioned officer (JCO) and three jawans and four more have reportedly been injured in this ambush . more information are awaited.

RIP to the Dead , please provide link next time

Five Indian Army peacekeepers killed in South Sudan: ministry | idrw.org

 

[SRP]

sorry, next time i will provide link

 

[selvan33]

RIP to their souls.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Ah man, that is tragic. Killed in a land so far away from home, just trying to do your job and your little bit for that part of the world. In this instance alone there cannot be two views, no political angle-this is just plain tragic.


RIP.

 

[ExtraOdinary]

RIP.........

 

[SirHatesALot]

RIP

 

[Hashshāshīn]

Why do Subcontinental countries offer so much of their troops to the UN? Pakistan, India and Bangladesh have the highest number.

 

[minhnh10]

..............

 

[kbd-raaf]

Why do Subcontinental countries offer so much of their troops to the UN? Pakistan, India and Bangladesh have the highest number.

The UN pay a significantly higher salary than those armies. It's an attractive option for many.

RIP to you, the brave few, fallen doing your duty so far from your homes.

 

[Koovie]

R.I.P. to these bravehearts

 

[Star Wars]

May their souls achieve Moksha ... They died fighting for a cause far away from home....

 

[kurup]

RIP our great soldiers .

 

[Abingdonboy]

Why do Subcontinental countries offer so much of their troops to the UN? Pakistan, India and Bangladesh have the highest number.

If you look at the top contributers to the UN peacekeeping force the top-ten are amonghst the largest yet poorly funded armies in the world.

List of countries by number of UN peacekeepers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The UN offers significant advantages wrt pay over other internal deployments. As such many nations would use this as a way of making financial gains.


India used to be largest contributor by far but now has reduced its footprint. India and China are dramatically reducing their UN peacekeeping foot print as their defence budgets grow to level that makes any advantages offered by UN deployments negligible.

 

[BDforever]

RIP ..........

If you look at the top contributers to the UN peacekeeping force the top-ten are amonghst the largest yet poorly funded armies in the world.

List of countries by number of UN peacekeepers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The UN offers significant advantages wrt pay over other internal deployments. As such many nations would use this as a way of making financial gains.


India used to be largest contributor by far but now has reduced its footprint. India and China are dramatically reducing their UN peacekeeping foot print as their defence budgets grow to level that makes any advantages offered by UN deployments negligible.

It is now Above 15,000 troops from Bangladesh