11 Taliban killed, 2 wounded and 8 arrested by ANP (Jul.31.2012.)

Publish Date: Jul 31, 2012 11 Taliban killed, two wounded and eight arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched five joint clearance operations in Faryab, Jowzjan, Kandahar, Logar and Ghazni provinces. As a result...

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Two car bombs kill at least 13 in Baghdad: sources

Credit: Reuters/Saad Shalash (Reuters) - Two car bombs in central Baghdad killed at least 13 people and wounded 30 more near a busy main intersection, police and hospital sources said on Tuesday. Two clouds of black smoke rose above where the two bombs exploded minutes apart. The explosions followed a spate of attacks in Baghdad and across the country a week ago that...

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Bomb attack kills one and wounds three in Al-Ramadi, Iraq today

Al-Ramadi, Iraq: July 31 -- (BNA) An official Iraqi security source reported that one policeman was killed and three others wounded at dawn today as a result of a roadside bomb explosion which hit a police patrol west of Al-Ramadi city. The source pointed out that explosives were detonated targeting a police patrol in the "Nationalization" neighborhood early dawn today...

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Anti-Taliban uprising in Ghazni spreads

GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Nine Taliban fighters were killed and two others detained during a public uprising over the past two days in the Maqur district of southern Ghazni province, residents said on Tuesday. The insurgents were killed on Monday night, a leader of the uprising, Amanullah, told Pajhwok Afghan News. The revolt started two days ago in Koh Band, Babnamgul and Sang...

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Yemen arrests suspected Qaeda leader

Map of Yemen showing Abyan governorate. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) SANAA: Yemeni security services have arrested a suspected al Qaeda leader, Abdulrahman al-Baihani, wanted for plotting “terrorist’ attacks in the capital, state news agency Saba said Tuesday. The suspect is “one of the most dangerous wanted al Qaeda elements and among the prominent leaders plotting to carry...

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6 militants killed following clashes in Kunar province

Districts of Kunar. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) According to local authorities in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan at least 6 militants including their commander was killed following clashes with the Afghan security forces in Asmar and Sarkano districts. A local Afghan national army official Gen. Shirin Agha confirming the report said at least 4 militants including...

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11 soldiers killed in clashes at Yemen's interior ministry

SANAA, July 31 (Xinhua) -- At least 11 security soldiers were killed and dozens of others were wounded during heavy clashes between security forces and gunmen belonging to the defected army at the Yemeni interior ministry on Tuesday morning, police sources and medics said. "A total of 11 soldiers' bodies have been brought to the police hospital and dozens of others were...

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July 31., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition officials confirmed today that one of the insurgents killed during an operation in Jani Khel district, Paktiya province, Saturday, was the Haqqani leader Abdullah. Abdullah, also known as Tufan, was directly involved in the planning and execution of the June 20 suicide attack in the Khost capital that killed more than a dozen...

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July 30., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan (July 31, 2012) – Afghan and coalition forces detained one insurgent and cleared four improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, July 30. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared two improvised explosive devices in Andar district. Paktiya...

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R.I.P. - Gunnery Sgt. Jonathan W. Gifford, Gunnery Sgt. Daniel J. Price

DOD Identifies Marine Casualties              The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.              They died July 29 while conducting combat operations in Badghis province, Afghanistan.             ...

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R.I.P. - Spc. Benjamin C. Pleitez

DOD Identifies Army Casualties              The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Spc. Benjamin C. Pleitez, 25, of Turlock, Calif., died July 27, in Mazar E Sharif, Afghanistan....

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R.I.P. - 1st Lt. Sean R. Jacobs, Sgt. John E. Hansen

DOD Identifies Army Casualties                  The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.                  They died July 26 in Khakrez,...

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R.I.P. - Sgt. 1st Class Bobby L. Estle, Pfc. Jose Oscar Belmontes

Sergeant First Class Bobby L. Estle and Private First Class Jose O. Belmontes DOD Identifies Army Casualties             The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             They...

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Nigeria: Multiple Explosions Hit Sokoto Police Stations

Sokoto State Nigeria (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Four  persons, a police corporal, two suspected suicide bombers and a hair dressing saloon operator died on Monday in Sokoto as a result of two suspected suicide bomb attacks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the alleged attackers were said to have simultaneously struck at the office of the AIG Zone 10 ...

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Mosque explosion kill 5 people in Uruzgan province

According to local authorities in southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan, at least five people including an Afghan judge was killed following an explosion in this province. The officials further added the incident took place early Monday morning in Tarinkot district after an explosive device went off in a mosque, killing the Afghan judge Taj Mohammad and four civilians. No...

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R.I.P. - Corporal Givi Pantsulaia (Georgia)

The Ministry of Defence of Georgia expresses deep regret for the death of the Corporal Givi Pantsulaia (born in 1984) and extends condolences to the family of the deceased soldier. Corporal Givi Pantsuala received injuries as a result of mortar shell explosion in Afghanistan, in January 2012. The US side immediately rendered medical assistance to Corporal Pantsulaia....

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17 insurgents killed in Afghanistan within 24 hours

KABUL, July 29 (Xinhua) -- A total of 17 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 18 others detained in five cleanup operations carried out by the Afghan police, army and the NATO-led coalition forces in deferent provinces within the past 24 hours, the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Sunday. "The joint force also found and defused five different mines besides seizing...

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

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force conducted a counter-narcotics operation in Nad ‘Ali district, Helmand province, today. During the operation, an armed insurgent threatened the combined security force. The Afghan and coalition troops positively identified the attacker then engaged and killed him. After the engagement, the security force detained...

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

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed one insurgent, located two weapons caches and cleared two improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, July 29. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces discovered a weapons cache in Andar district. The cache contained 15 bags of...

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Car bombing kills 5, injures 15 in eastern Iraqi province

BAGHDAD, July 29 (Xinhua) -- A car bomb killed at least five people and injured 15 others in eastern Iraq's Diyala province on Sunday, the local police said.A source with the provincial police, on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua via telephone that the blast took place at a popular market in Muqdadiya area, some 40 km northeast of Baquba city, the provincial capital.The...

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R.I.P. - Pfc. Theodore M. Glende

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Pfc. Theodore M. Glende, 23, of Rochester, N.Y., died July 27, in Kharwar, Logar province, Afghanistan,...

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Gunmen take over Sanaa interior ministry building: official

(Reuters) - About 100 armed tribesmen stormed the Interior Ministry building in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday demanding to be enlisted in the police force, a ministry official said. The tribesmen, who have taken control of the building, briefly held some employees hostage before freeing them a few hours later, the official said, but they were still occupying the building. Tribesmen...

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