Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Taliban ambush leaves 5 Afghan soldiers, 1 police dead in Farah

According to local authorities in western Farah province of Afghanistan, at least six Afghan security forces were killed and four others were injured following Taliban militants ambush.
A local security official speaking on the condition of anonymity said the incident took place on Tuesday after Taliban militants ambushed a convoy of the Afghan security forces in Karwangah area at Bala Bolok district.

The source further added at least five Afghan national army soldiers and a police officer were killed and four others were injured.

He also added, three vehicles of Afghan army and police forces were completely damaged during incident.

Yesterday’s incident is one of the deadliest attack on Afghan security forces after Taliban militants coordinated attacks on provincial court in this province.

Taliban militants attacks have been rampant since the group announced its summer offensive last week, vowing to target Afghan and coalition security forces and other government and diplomatic institutions.

from KHAAMA
By Sadaf Shinwari - 08 May 2013, 4:31 pm

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3 civilians dead, 5 wounded in Helmand bombing

Map showing Helmand province in Afghanistan wh...
Map showing Helmand province in Afghanistan where British troops are now mostly located. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Eight civilians were killed and wounded when the vehicle they were travelling in struck a roadside bomb in southern Helmand province on Wednesday, an official said.

The explosion left three people dead and five others wounded in the Nahr-i-Saraj area of Greshk district at about 8am, the provincial police coordinator told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Col. Ismail Hotak said the victims were on their way to Lashkargah, the provincial capital. The injured were evacuated to the Emergency Hospital, he said, without commenting on their condition.

from Pajhwok
By Shams Jalal May 8, 2013 - 10:30

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May 08., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader and three other insurgents during an operation in Panjwa’i district, Kandahar province, today.

The leader has a history of coordinating and executing attacks against tribal elders in the region, as well as Afghan and coalition forces.

In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan:

South

An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader during an operation in Marjeh district, Helmand province, today. The leader is responsible for planning, directing and participating in attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. He also procures and distributes weapons to insurgent cells in the local area and advises senior leaders on long-term strategic goals. The security force also seized one AK-47, three magazines and 250 rounds of ammunition as a result of the operation.

East

An Afghan and coalition security force arrested three insurgents during an operation in search of a high-ranking Haqqani leader in Ziruk district, Paktika province, today. The ranking Haqqani leader directs attacks against Afghan and coalition forces, to include attacks against government facilities in multiple provinces throughout Afghanistan, including Khost and Kabul. The security force also seized ammunition as a result of the operation.

Provincial Response Company Logar, enabled by coalition forces, detained four insurgents and discovered a cache of weapons and explosives-making materials while conducting a cordon and search operation in the village of Padkhvab-e Shana, Pul-e District, Logar Province, yesterday. The cache consisted of 15 Chinese 107 mm Rockets, one 82 mm recoilless rifle round and two 50 kg bags of 46 percent fertilizer. All seized items were destroyed on location.

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May 08., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security and coalition forces killed one insurgent, discovered one weapons cache and found and safely cleared 10 improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, May 7.

Ghazni province
Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared four IEDs during operations in the Ghazni district.

Khowst province
Afghan National Security and coalition forces found and safely cleared one IED during operations in the Nader Shah Kot district.

Logar province
Afghan National Security Forces discovered one weapons cache during operations in the Pul-e Alam district. The cache contained 15 107 mm rockets and one 82 mm mortar round.

Nangarhar province
Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared one IED during operations in the Bati Kot district.

Paktika province
Afghan National Security and coalition forces killed one insurgent during operations in the Wazi Khwah district.

Paktya province
Afghan National Security and coalition forces found and safely cleared one IED during operations in the Shawak district.

Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared two IEDs during operations in the Zurmat district.

Wardak province
Coalition forces found and safely cleared one IED during operations in the Sayed Abad district.

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55 people including 22 police officers killed in Boko Haram attack in Bama

At least 55 people were killed as members of the extremist Boko Haram sect attacked a prison, a police base, and other buildings in Bama Town of Borno State.

The attack, which occurred in the morning also saw the release of scores of prisoners by the insurgents, witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES.

The spokesperson for the Joint Task Force in Borno, Sagir Musa, told Reuters that the insurgents killed 22 police officers, 14 prison officials, two soldiers and four civilians.

He said 13 of the Boko Haram members were also killed.

Tuesday’s attack is coming less than two weeks after seven security personnel were killed and about 300 houses burnt when Boko Haram members engaged security officials in a shootout in Bama. The commanding military officer in charge of Bama Barracks, A.G Laka, had told visiting Borno State Governor that 10 members of the insurgent group were killed in the April 25 attack.

Rumours had spread in Bama that members of the sect threatened to avenge the killing of their members.

A top security official who didn’t want his name mentioned told PREMIUM TIMES that scores of inmates were freed when the gunmen attacked Bama prisons and took over the town at about 6 a.m. on Tuesday.

Mr. Musa, a Lieutenant Colonel, later told Reuters that 105 inmates were freed.

The official, who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES said aside from the attack on the prison, “We are aware that a mobile police base there (Bama) was attacked, a school was also attacked, and the palace of the top monarch there was attempted.”

Fleeing residents said a large number of Boko Haram gunmen took to the streets at about the time residents were waking up for the day.

“It was a terrible sight, seeing a large number of gunmen mostly youth carrying, shooting and chanting Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar,” said a local administration staff, Usman Ajari, who made it to Maiduguri.

“We didn’t wait to see what was happening because the shooting was much and the gunmen moving towards the Shehu’s (the traditional ruler’s) palace.”

Hundreds of people have been killed in Borno in several attacks by the Boko Haram on security officials, public buildings, churches, opposition Islamic clerics, and others since 2009.

About 200 civilians were feared killed less than a month ago in Baga Town during a clash between soldiers and insurgents. The actual casualty figure is now a source of multiple investigations.

from PREMIUM TIMES
by Ola' Audu
Published: May 7,2013

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Tunisia Hunts al-Qaida-linked Militants Near Algeria

TUNIS - The Tunisian army and police force were hunting more than 30 suspected al-Qaida linked militants close to the border with Algeria on Tuesday, and President Moncef Marzouki travelled to the area to oversee the operation in a signal of its importance.

An Interior Ministry spokesman said there were about a dozen militants in the city of El Kef and about 20 in the remote area of Mount Chambi in the west of the country where police and militants have clashed regularly in recent weeks.

"President Moncef Marzouki arrived in Mount Chambi to raise the morale of soldiers and check on the conduct of pursuit operations there,'' an official in the president's office said.

The Interior Ministry spokesman said security forces had apprehended someone who had been delivering food to some of the suspected militants, cutting them off from supplies.

Tunisia, long among the most secular countries in the Arab world, has become increasingly concerned about attacks the authorities blame on hardline Islamists.

Police say Salafists - Muslim extremists - were behind the assassination of secular opposition politician Chokri Belaid in February, which triggered the biggest street protests in Tunisia since the 2011 overthrow of dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

from VOA News


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