07-24-2006, 03:41 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Indian forces are in area</b>
<b>Lebanon :</b>
The remaining 671 officers and men of the <b>fourth battalion of the Sikh Regiment </b>serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFL) were safe, he stated
Colonel S.C. Panwar commands the unit.
The Indian Army along with a contingent of troops from Ghana are stationed at all five "hotspots" in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel and the exchange of hostilities between Israeli defence forces and Hezbollah militants is taking place across their positions
<b>Golan Height</b>
Another 187 Indian Army officers and men are deployed as UN peacekeepers on the Golan Heights on the Israel-Syria border but are not affected by the hostilities in the region.
The Army Headquarters said troops posted at Golan Heights and led by Lt. Col Ajay Singh were safe.<b> The soldiers are from 17 Poona Horse, Corps of Engineers, Electronic & Mechanical Engineers, Signals, medical, Army Service Corps, Military police and Army Postal Service.</b>
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A total of 8,675 Indian Army officers and soldiers are currently serving with UN peacekeeping forces worldwide.
Of them, 3,756 are deployed in Congo, 2,420 in the Sudan, and 1,625 in Ethiopia/Eritrea. In addition, eight officers are deployed in the Ivory Coast, six in Burundi and two with the Department of Peacekeeping at the UN headquarters in New York. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There are going to increase no of Indian force. But Israel want NATO forces.
<b>Lebanon :</b>
The remaining 671 officers and men of the <b>fourth battalion of the Sikh Regiment </b>serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFL) were safe, he stated
Colonel S.C. Panwar commands the unit.
The Indian Army along with a contingent of troops from Ghana are stationed at all five "hotspots" in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel and the exchange of hostilities between Israeli defence forces and Hezbollah militants is taking place across their positions
<b>Golan Height</b>
Another 187 Indian Army officers and men are deployed as UN peacekeepers on the Golan Heights on the Israel-Syria border but are not affected by the hostilities in the region.
The Army Headquarters said troops posted at Golan Heights and led by Lt. Col Ajay Singh were safe.<b> The soldiers are from 17 Poona Horse, Corps of Engineers, Electronic & Mechanical Engineers, Signals, medical, Army Service Corps, Military police and Army Postal Service.</b>
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A total of 8,675 Indian Army officers and soldiers are currently serving with UN peacekeeping forces worldwide.
Of them, 3,756 are deployed in Congo, 2,420 in the Sudan, and 1,625 in Ethiopia/Eritrea. In addition, eight officers are deployed in the Ivory Coast, six in Burundi and two with the Department of Peacekeeping at the UN headquarters in New York. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There are going to increase no of Indian force. But Israel want NATO forces.