Armed Forces Day: With the UK troops in Afghanistan

BBC's Caroline Wyatt Defence correspondent, in Afghanistan As the UK marks Armed Forces Day with a parade in Plymouth and events across the country, almost 10,000 British forces are still serving in Helmand Province in Afghanistan. The men and women of 12 Mechanised Brigade are now halfway through their tour. watch the video and read more on BBC site It is morning and...

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44 armed insurgents killed, 14 wounded and 3 others arrested by ANP

Publish Date: Jun 30, 2012 44 armed insurgents killed, 14 wounded and three others arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched seven joint clearance operations in Kunar, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Logar, Khost and...

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NATO airstrike kill Taliban leader in Logar province

Map showing Lowgar province in Afghanistan (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A Taliban leader Mawlawi Sadiq was killed following a NATO airstrike in eastern Logar province.International Security Assistance Force following a statement on Friday announced, Afghan and coalition security force conducted a operation, in Charkh district, Logar province, Thursday.The target of the operation...

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June 30., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan Provincial Response Company Ghazni, supported by coalition security forces, seized 6,800 kilograms (15,000 pounds) of potassium chloride during an operation in Nawah district, Ghazni province, yesterday. Potassium chloride is used by insurgents...

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June 29., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed two insurgents and detained one during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, June 29. Khowst province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces killed one insurgent during a small arms engagement in Sperah district. Kunar province Afghan Local Police and coalition forces killed...

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R.I.P. - 1st Lt. Stephen C. Prasnicki, Sgt. James L. Skalberg Jr.

DOD Identifies Army Casualties            The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.            They died June 27, in Maidan Shahr, Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy...

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20 rebels killed in massive Nuristan assault

Kamdesh District in the Nuristan Province in Afghanistan (Photo credit: Wikipedia) JALALABAD (PAN): Hundreds of heavily armed militants, mostly Pakistanis, attacked security posts in two villages in the Kamdish district of eastern Nuristan province, sparking a fierce gun-battle, officials said on Friday.The skirmishes in Pirok and Binoz villages erupted early on Friday...

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Car bombing kills 5, wounds 32 in east Iraq

BAGHDAD, June 28 (Xinhua) -- A car bomb ripped through a popular rural market in eastern Iraq on Thursday night, leaving at least five dead and 32 wounded, a local police source said.The blast happened in a village east of Baquba, the capital city of Diyala province, with children and women among the victims, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity because he is...

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Blast targets Somali troops in Bal’ad town

BAL’AD (Sh.M.Network)- An explosion is reportedly targeted a coffee bar located  inside the town of Bal’ad that is frequented by Somali government soldiers, with some reports it caused casualties.Mohammed Jinow, the governor of Middle Shabelle state for Somali government, confirmed to Shabelle Media the explosion, saying the attack was not caused any loss of life and...

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June 29., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force conducted a operation, in Charkh district, Logar province, Thursday. The target of the operation was Maulawi Sadiq, a Taliban leader and explosives expert who coordinated the movement of insurgents, provided explosive materials and training to insurgents, and planned attacks against Afghan and Coalition forces...

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June 28., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces detained 12 and located one weapons cache during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, June 28. Khowst province Afghan Uniformed Police and coalition forces detained three insurgents during an engagement in Sabari district. The detained suspects were transferred to a base for questioning. Afghan...

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Qirbi says Yemeni forces regained control of al-Qaeda strongholds

Map by Evan Centanni. (www.polgeonow.com) The Yemeni forces were able to regain control of al-Qaeda’s strongholds in southern Yemen and other regions, Yemen’s Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi told Al Arabiya on Thursday. “The Yemeni police and army forces were able to kick al-Qaeda militants from the regions that they used to control. They have fled to some mountainous...

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Captain, 7 soldiers die in Khyber

LANDI KOTAL, June 28: An army captain and seven soldiers were killed and three others injured when their vehicle was blown up in Bara on Thursday.According to security officials, the vehicle hit an explosive device placed on the road at Qambarabad chowk near Bara bazaar.Capt Manan, Tariq, Bahadar Shah, Nawaz Gul, Alibad Shah, Kamran Ali, Muhammad Yousuf and Jan Afzal of...

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Roadside Bomb Hits Ethiopian Troops in Beledweyne, Central Somalia

BALADWEYNE (Sh. M. Network) - Witnesses say a roadside bomb hit Ethiopian soldiers in Somalia’s central town of Beledweyne, causing heavy casualties.According to the local residents, who spoke with Shabelle Media via phone under anonymity, said the blast was targeted on Ethiopian soldiers along with Somali troops who were passing a village in eastern part of Beledweyne town...

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Afghan soldier killed digger: inquiry

LCPL Andrew Jonespreviously served as a cook with Townsville's 1RAR A MILITARY inquiry has concluded that Australian soldier Lance Corporal Andrew Jones was murdered by a rogue member of the Afghan National Army in a "cowardly act".On the morning of May 30 last year, Shafied Ullah Guhlamon shot LCPL Jones near the latrines at Combat Outpost Mashal (Mashal) in Afghanistan's...

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One dead, 5 injured in Baghlan blast

PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): One person was killed and five others were injured when a bomb attached to a fuel tanker went off in Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province, on Thursday, police said.With the explosion, a nearby market caught fire, gutting 15 shops, police officer Sikandar told Pajhwok Afghan News. One person was killed and four others were injured in...

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13 Taliban killed in Parwan operation

Districts of Parwan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) CHARIKAR/GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Over a dozen Taliban fighters were killed on Thursday during an operation by the security forces in central province of Parwan, officials said.Thirteen Taliban fighters were killed and four others wounded in the operation carried out by Afghan forces, backed by NATO air cover, in the Sya Gard district...

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12 armed insurgents killed, 3 wounded and 28 others arrested by ANP

Publish Date: Jun 28, 2012 12 armed insurgents killed, three wounded and 28 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 Kabul, Kandahar, Baghlan, Sar-e-Pul, Helmand,...

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Hand-grenade attack injures 3 policemen in Yemen's Aden

ADEN, Yemen, June 28 (Xinhua) -- At least three policemen were injured when unknown armed men hurled two hand-grenades at a government building in Yemen's southern port city of Aden Thursday morning, a security official said.A group of unidentified assailants suspected of belonging to an armed faction of separatist Southern Movement threw two home-made grenades on the headquarters...

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Bombs kill 13 in Iraq, wound more than 50

(Reuters) - Three bombings in and around Baghdad killed 13 people and wounded more than 50 on Thursday, hospital sources and police said, the latest in a wave of attacks to raise fears of a return to widespread sectarian violence in Iraq.In the deadliest of Thursday's attacks, at least eight people were killed and 30 wounded when a bomb in a parked car exploded at the entrance...

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Afghan villagers fighting Taliban militants killed in Ghazni

According to local authorities in eastern Ghazni province an unknown gunmen shot dead five local residents of Andar district in this province who resisted to fight the Taliban militants.Provincial governor spokesman Fazal Mohammad Sabawoon confirming the report said the assailant militant was killed in cross fire.Mr. Sabawoon further added the assailant militant had disguised...

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Pakistani Taliban release video of beheaded Pakistani soldiers

By Bill Roggio - June 28, 2012 - LWJ  The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan has released video showing the remains of 17 Pakistani soldiers who were beheaded after being captured and executed during fighting in the northwestern district of Dir just three days ago. The graphic video, which was obtained by The Long War Journal, was sent to journalists by Ihsanullah...

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June 28., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force detained a Taliban leader during an operation in Kandahar district, Kandahar province, today. The apprehended Taliban leader directed a cell of insurgents during multiple attacks against Afghan and coalition forces and was a specialist in the use of improvised explosive devices. The security force detained...

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R.I.P. - Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Leach

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Leach, 29, of Ferndale, Mich., died June 26, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. ...

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