South Korea plans to buy second-hand Patriot missiles, such as these, from Germany and some equipment from the United States to beef up its air defence capability, military authorities said
29 September 2006

A Ghanian peacekeeper in armoured personnel carrier patrols a street at the entrance of Marwahine village, south Lebanon September 29, 2006. The Ghanian soldier is part of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
29 September 2006

Afghan military forces fire artillery during a military exercise in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. U.S. troops train soldiers from the Afghan National Army as part of strategy to increase the capabilities of the country's military forces that would one day take control from Western troops.
28 September 2006

An Israeli soldier gestures after French U.N. peacekeepers with their Leclerc tank blocked an Israeli tracked armoured vehicle and jeeps from penetrating deeper into Lebanese territory near the southern village of Marwaheen, Lebanon, Thursday Sept. 28, 2006. Although Israel has agreed to a cease-fire with Hezbollah and withdraw its troops from Lebanese soil it has not fully completed the withdrawal yet, U.N. peacekeepers have been deployed in the area to create a bufferzone aimed at cementing the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanon has disputed the installation for two days of Israeli flying stoppings on a road of the south where four French Leclerc tanks of UNO and two tanks Merkava Israelis faced Thursday during twenty minutes, first known incident of the kind since the deployment of UNIFIL reinforced.
28 September 2006

A Nyala RG-31 armored vehicle that was hit by a suicide bomber limps back to the Provincial Reconstruction Team base in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. Police say no Canadian troops were hurt in today's blast which took place two kilometers from the regional international reconstruction headquarters, however one Afghan civilian was injured.
27 September 2006

Soldiers in an armoured vehicle Armadillo patrol the entrance to the Pavon prison in Guatemala City September 25, 2006. Guatemalan security forces firing automatic weapons killed seven inmates on Monday when they took control of a notorious jail effectively run by prisoners for 10 years, police said.
25 September 2006

Iran make parade and army open days to commemorate the 1980-88 Iran- Iraq war during 'sacred defence week' in southern Tehran September 23, 2006. The poster in the background is of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
23 September 2006

Tourists pass by a Czech police armoured vehicle at Ruzyne Airport in Prague September 23, 2006. Czech police deployed armed guards in Prague's historic centre on Saturday after security services issued its most serious warning of a terrorist attack.
23 September 2006

Sri Lankan soldiers rest on their armoured personnel carrier in northern Jaffna September 19, 2006. The Tamil Tiger rebels shelled recently lost positions on the Jaffna peninsula on Tuesday as accusations flew over responsibility for the weekend massacre of 10 Muslim civilians further south.
19 September 2006

A Spanish U.N. peacekeeper stands atop an armored personnel carrier as U.N. flags are seen in the Spanish troops' new base in the southern village of Taibeh, Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2006. Spanish marines, like French and Italian troops who arrived recently, joined Friday the UNIFIL peacekeeping force in Lebanon as it expands from 2,000 soldiers to 15,000 under a new Security Council resolution.
17 September 2006

Soldiers in an armored troop transporter search for communist new people's army guerrillas in San Jose. The Philippines' armed forces chief has told a commission of inquiry that communist guerrillas had murdered more than 1,200 people over the past five years, most of them civilians.
17 September 2006

An African Union armored personnel carrier patrols the Sudanese village of Gos Beina, south of the town of al-Fasher in Darfur. Sudan Vice President Salva Kiir said a UN peacekeeping force is vital for the protection of civilians in Darfur, putting himself at odds with the country's veteran president.
16 September 2006

Lebanese soldiers to a top of M113 armored personnel carriers travel in convoy on their way to be deployed in the port of the southern border town of Naqura, Lebanon, near the headquarters of United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon, or UNIFIL, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006. Lebanese troops took control of a large border zone in the war-ravaged area for the first time in three decades.
16 September 2006

Indonesian soldiers who will participate in an expanded UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon stand on their armoured vehicles during a ceremony in Bogor. UN chief Kofi Annan , in a report on Lebanon, underscored the need to disarm the Iranian-backed Shiite Hezbollah militia and to reach a just and comprehensive peace in the broader Middle East.
16 September 2006

An indian soldier, from the Gorkha Rifles battalion, aims his rifle during 'Operation Yudh Abhyas' (preparation for war), a joint anti-insurgency exercise with members of the U.S. 25th Infantry Division at the Schofield Army Base in Wahiwa, Hawaii, Friday, Sept. 15, 2006. The 18-day exercise will test their inter-operability with U.S. forces in face-to-face and side-by-side anti-insugency operations in urban and non-urban areas.
15 September 2006

An artillery unit launches a SA-2 'Guideline' surface-to-air guided missile during a tactical military exercise of the Bulgarian army at Shabla military base, about 500 km (310 miles) northeast of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, September 14, 2006.
14 September 2006