Nigeria: Explosives Kill Five Boko Haram Members in Maiduguri

The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital has said that no fewer than 5 people suspected to be members of Boko Haram have been killed while preparing Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's) which exploded yesterday in Biu Local Goovernment Area of the state.

Biu is one of the five council areas which are under the state of emergency declared by President Jonathan since January this year.

Field operations officer of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State Colonel Victor Ebhaleme confirmed the incident in a telephone interview from Maiduguri.

He said: "We got information that some Boko Haram terrorists were planning to invade Maiduguri from Biu town, 187 kilometers away with a view to causing crises.

This prompted the JTF,331 Battalion in Biu town and the Department of State Security Services(SSS) to mobilize our men to Biu town where we found pieces of human parts numbering about five destroyed by Improvised Explosive Devises (IEDs)," Colonel Ebhaleme said on phone.

Ebhaleme also revealed that "three GPMG,5 AK47 9 magazines, 73 rounds of ammunition and some improvised explosive devise making materials were recovered from the Boko Haram suspects. Besides, we were able to arrest two of the suspects while trying to flee the bomb making factory."

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Three armed insurgents killed and nine others arrested by Afghan National Police

Three armed insurgents killed and nine others arrested by Afghan National Police

Counterterrorism:

During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched nine joint clearance operations in Nangarhar, Nooristan, Helmand, Uruzgan, Logar, Ghazni, Khost and Herat provinces.

As a result of these operations, three armed insurgents were killed and nine others were arrested by Afghan National Police.

Also, during these operations, Afghan National Police discovered and confiscated 14 different types of weapons, two rocket launchers, one PKM machine gun, 37 anti-vehicle mines, 43 heavy rounds, one motorbike and one vehicle.

During the same 24 hour period, Afghan National Police discovered and defused two anti-personnel mines as a result of security operation in the Hashim Khil village, Jabal Saraj District of Parwan province.

Additionally, Afghan National Police arrested two armed insurgents with one AK-47 assault rifle and one rocket launcher in the Shah Joi District of Zabul province, yesterday.

 

Crimes:
 

The 101 Kabul Zone National Police detained 13 individuals accused of murder, theft and assault in the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th and 11th Districts of Kabul-City.

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7 insurgents killed in Ghazni operations

Map of the districts of Ghazni province of Afghanistan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Seven Taliban insurgents were killed and three others wounded during separate operations in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Monday.

Four armed rebels were killed and three others were wounded during a joint operation of Afghan and foreign troops in the Qarabagh district, the 203rd Thunder Military Corps’ commander Gen. Daudshah
Wafadar told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Without revealing the time and date, he said the joint troops were unhurt in the operation.

Elsewhere in the province, three insurgents were killed in a NATO airstrike in Dehyak district, according to Wafadar, who added that ground troops detained another two insurgents trying to flee the area.

With no Taliban spokesman available for comments, the commander said the operation was still ongoing.

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Nigeria: Another Bomb Factory Discovered in Kogi Cave

Lokoja — A strange 'bomb factory' was again discovered in a cave in Kogi State yesterday.

This made it the fourth 'bomb factory' unearthed by security operatives in Kogi State so far. The first was in Ihima in Okehi Local Government Area, followed by the one found in an uncompleted building on Kano Road, Kabba, as well as the one behind a primary school at Ogaminana, also in the state.

Security operatives yesterday found security metal detectors, bulletproof vests, gas cylinder, already made bombs from the cave at Usomi in Okene Local Government Area of the state.

The operation, which was carried out by a combined team of State Security Services (SSS) and the Army, took place after a security tip off, with the security combing every part of the mountain, including the cave.

The operation was said to be part of the overall and sustained intelligence gathering and the collaboration of the security agencies.

The items recovered during the raid include unprimed grenade, hand grenade, gas cylinder, 43 fabricated bomb canisters, double barrel gun, 1.5 KVA electricity generator, iron grinder, wires and ammonia.

Others are gun powder, time bomb devices, remote starters for motorbikes, batteries, canisters, iron cutters, clamp, welding materials, gloves, super glue, tools, bottles, syringe and needles, anti-personnel device and primary explosives.

According to security sources, banks in the state were part of the targets of the planned bombings.

Although no arrest had been made as at the time of filing the report, security sources said, 'We 'll go after them. In fighting crime, we must keep the criminals on the move. We'll diminish their capability. We have our strategy to curtail them if they dare attack again.'

The sources said 'in order to avoid casualty on our side, the Air Force was involved in the operation with heavy aerial bombardment to smoke them out.'

Similar raids by the joint task force at Idoma area in Okene led to the arrest of some suspected terrorists and the killing of nine others.


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4 wounded in restaurant bomb attack in southern Lebanon

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TYRE, Lebanon, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Four people were slightly wounded in a bomb explosion that occurred late Sunday night outside a restaurant in Lebanon's southern city of Tyre.

The blast went off shortly after midnight, targeting Nocean Restaurant which is located on the third floor of a three-story commercial building on the eastern outskirts of the city.

Chairs and tables were blown into the street by the force of explosion. Several car windows were shattered and one vehicle was damaged. A few walls inside the building also collapsed.

The wounded included two Lebanese and two Palestinian employees, who were closing the restaurant for the night when the explosion occurred. They had been treated at local hospitals and were later discharged, the sources added.

The building in which Nocean is located also houses businesses and other restaurants, including a McDonald's branch.

Nocean serves alcohol, but security services have yet to determine whether that was the motive for the attack. Nevertheless, the proprietor is convinced that the sale of alcohol is what triggered the bombing.

Security forces cordoned off the area pending the collection of crime scene evidence.

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Bomb in East Afghanistan Kills 2 Nato Soldiers

Two Nato troops were killed in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, Isaf said.

Isaf did not provide more details about the exact province or location of the incident nor the soldiers' nationality, in its statement released Monday.

Most of the foreign troops based in the east are American, but there are soldiers from other Nato-contributing nations as well.

The deaths bring the number of foreign troops killed so far this year in Afghanistan to 122.

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School attack kills child in Pakistan

A hand-grenade attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday killed a six-year old child and wounded two other children, police said.

Suspected militants threw a grenade from a lane behind the Iqra Public School in Khazana area that landed near children who were washing, senior police officer Tahir Ayub said.

The motive for the attack was not immediately clear, but hardline Islamist militants oppose secular and mixed-gender schooling.

 

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Taliban and Haqqani leaders detained in Afghan operations

Afghan and coalition security forces captured a Taliban leader along with a Haqqani Network leader following military operations in Kandahar and Khost provinces of Afghanistan.

International Security Assistance Force following a press release on Monday announced Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban facilitator during an operation in Kandahar district, Kandahar province, Saturday. The facilitator provided weapons, ammunition and equipment to insurgents in Kandahar City and Kandahar district for attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. The security force also detained one additional insurgent as a result of this operation.

The source further added, Afghan-led security force captured a Haqqani leader during an operation in Terayzai district, Khost province, yesterday. The leader directed roadside bombings and other attacks against Afghan and coalition security forces throughout Bak district. The security force detained two additional insurgents as a result of this operation.

In a separate military operation at eastern Logar province Afghan security forces detained several insurgents at Baraki Barak district, ISAF added. The operation was launched to detain a Haqqani Network leader who is suspected of providing weapons and ammunition to insurgents for a planned attack against Afghan government officials, Afghan security forces and coalition security forces in Kabul City. Additionally, the facilitator has ties to the Pakistan-based leaders of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.

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Apr.23., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Apr. 23) — Security forces launched an operation to capture a senior Haqqani facilitator in Baraki Barak district, Logar province, today. 
The Haqqani facilitator is suspected of providing weapons and ammunition to insurgents for a planned attack against Afghan government officials, Afghan security forces and coalition security forces in Kabul City. Additionally, the facilitator has ties to the Pakistan-based leaders of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. 
The security force captured several insurgents.  No shots were fired and no civilian property was damaged during this operation. 
In other ISAF news throughout Afghanistan: 
South 
An Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban facilitator during an operation in Kandahar district, Kandahar province, Saturday. The facilitator provided weapons, ammunition and equipment to insurgents in Kandahar City and Kandahar district for attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. The security force also detained one additional insurgent as a result of this operation. 
East 
An Afghan-led security force captured a Haqqani leader during an operation in Terayzai district, Khost province, yesterday. The leader directed roadside bombings and other attacks against Afghan and coalition security forces throughout Bak district. The security force detained two additional insurgents as a result of this operation.

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3 al-Qaida militants killed in air strike in eastern Yemen

SANAA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Yemeni air forces raided a suspected al-Qaida convoy in the eastern province of Marib on Sunday, killing at least three militants, the defense ministry said.

"The raid targeted three vehicles carrying militants of the terrorist al-Qaida network in the desert area of Sanda in Marib on Sunday afternoon, killing at least three militants and destroying two of the vehicles," the ministry said Sunday night in a statement on its website.

Yemen's air forces, with support of U.S. drones, have recently intensified raids against targets of al-Qaida insurgents in Yemen' s southern and eastern regions, where the al-Qaida took over control of some towns since May 2011, after the outbreak of mass anti-government protests.

Marib, some 150 km east of the capital Sanaa, is home to most of the country's oil and gas stockpiles.

Earlier in the day, Yemen's Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Company said it has resumed operations after repairing its feed pipeline transporting gas from Marib to Belhaf terminal in the southeastern province of Shabwa, which was bombed by suspected al-Qaida militants last month.

The interior ministry has said Tuesday that it ordered to tighten up security around oil and gas facilities as a precautionary measure against potential terrorist attacks.

The Yemeni government is dependent on oil production, with oil and gas export accounting for about 63 percent of the impoverished country's budget.

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3 dead in NATO convoy attack in Farah

FARAH CITY (PAN): Two Taliban fighters and a guard were killed after a convoy of trucks, carrying supplies for NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), came under attack in western Farah province, officials said on Sunday.

One of the guards escorting the convoy was killed and two fuel tankers were torched during the assault that took place late Saturday in the Bakwa district, a police officer said.

Col. Abdul Rauf Ahmadi said the convoy was on its way from western Herat province to southern Helmand, when they came under attack from the rebels. Two attackers and one guard were killed, while the second guard was wounded, he said.

However, Qari Yosuf Ahmadi, Taliban spokesman, claimed five guards were killed and several tankers were destroyed in the incident.

Another four guards were injured and two vehicles, and several AK-47 assault rifles were seized by the fighters, he added.

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