Powerful blast kills 9, injures 18 in Quetta

QUETTA: A powerful blast on Arbab Karam Khan Road near Raisani Chowk has killed nine and injured 18 people in Quetta, Geo News reported. The blast ripped through a residential neighborhood outside the house of former federal minister Naseer Mengal's son Shafiq Mengal. Many houses caught fire after the blast. A senior police official, while talking to Geo News feared...

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Dec. 30., 2011. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 30) — An Afghan led and coalition supported security force captured two Taliban leaders during an operation in Zharay district, Kandahar province, today. Both leaders planned attacks against Afghan forces and moved weapons and explosives to include rocket-propelled grenades throughout Zharay district. Multiple firearms were confiscated during...

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R.I.P. - Captain Tom Jennings, Squadron Leader Anthony Downing

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Captain Tom Jennings, Royal Marines, who was killed in Afghanistan on 22 December 2011. Capt Jennings died after the vehicle he was travelling in struck an explosive device whilst on an operation to the south of Kabul. Squadron Leader Anthony Downing RAF, whose death was announced separately by the Ministry of Defence, had been travelling in the same vehicle. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/CaptainTomJenningsKilledInAfghanistan.htm  ...

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R.I.P. - Petty Officer Stacy O. Johnson

DOD Identifies Navy Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Petty Officer Stacy O. Johnson, 35, of Rolling Fork, Miss., died July 18, while supporting operations in Bahrain. Johnson was a master-at-arms assigned to Naval Security Force Bahrain. For further information related to this release, contact Naval Support Activity Bahrain Public Affairs at 011-973-1785-45...

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At least 30 people killed in Turkish Air Raid

Thursday, December 29, 2011 – At least 30 people have been reported killed following air raids by Turkish warplanes near a Kurdish village close to the with Iraq. Mayor of Uludere in Sirnak province Fehmi Yaman said, “We have 30 corpses, all of them are burned. The state knew that these people were smuggling in the region. This kind of incident is unacceptable. They were hit from the air.” According to local officials, drums of diesel carried by the group had exploded.Turkish warplanes strike militant targets regularly in the region in...

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Afghan Intelligence detain 2 Pakistani militants

Thursday, December 29, 2011 – Officials in Afghan Intelligence Department, National Directorate for Security announced to detain at least two Pakistani militant suspects in eastern Kunar province. The Afghan Intelligence Department named the detained suspects as Mohsen Shah resident of Charasada at Peshawar Pakistan and Bashir also known as Ibrahim resident fo Qadam...

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R.I.P. - Sgt. Noah M. Korte, Spc. Kurt W. Kern, Pfc. Justin M. Whitmire

DOD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Dec. 27, in Paktia, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas. Killed were: Sgt. Noah M. Korte, 29, of Lake Elsinore, Calif., Spc. Kurt W. Kern, 24, of McAllen, Texas, and Pfc. Justin M. Whitmire, 20, of Easley, S.C....

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