Taliban commander detained in Nuristan province

According to local officials in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan security forces arrested two suspects who were planting roadside bombs in eastern Nuristan province. The officials further added, a local Taliban commander was also detained by Afghan security forces in this province. Nuristan provincial police chief Shams-ur-Rahman Nuristani confirming the reports said, Afghan...

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Gunmen assassinate road construction guards in Uruzgan

Local authorities in southern Afghanistan on Saturday said, at least two private security guards working for a road construction were assassinated by unknown gunmen in southern Uruzgan province. The officials further added, another security guard was also injured during the incident which took place at Sarmorghab area in Tarinkowt district of southern Uruzgan province. According...

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Georgian soldier killed in Afghanistan

The latest death of a Georgian soldier in Afghanistan tolls up the number of Georgian troops casualties to 12 since the beginning of the year 2012. According to officials in the ministry of defense of Georgia, one of its soldiers was injured following militants attack and died of his wounds. The statement issued by Georgian defense ministry did not disclose further information...

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20 armed insurgents arrested in Afghanistan

Twenty armed insurgents have been detained in a series of military operations in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, the country's Interior Ministry said on Saturday morning. "During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police (ANP), Afghan National Army and NATO-led Coalition Forces launched five joint operations in Kandahar, Uruzgan, Helmand and Khost provinces detaining...

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Six militants killed in Landi Kotal clash

LANDI KOTAL: At least six militants were killed and 12 injured on Friday after Lashkar-i-Islam and its rival Zakhakhel tribal force exchanged gunfire to gain control of a key base in Bazaar Zakhakhel area of Landi Kotal on Friday. Officials said the dead were six Lashkar-i-Islam fighters, while the wounded included six fighters of the militant outfit and six Zakhakhel force...

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Taliban want US prisoners sent to Qatar: official

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents have demanded in negotiations with the US that prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay be transferred to Qatar, an Afghan government spokesman said on Friday. But President Hamid Karzai’s government objects strongly to the move and wants the prisoners sent directly to Afghanistan, presidential spokesman Aimal Faizi told AFP. The Taliban...

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Fresh Nigerian shooting kills 20

LAGOS, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- A fresh shooting attack from a Muslim sect had claimed 20 lives in northeast Nigeria on Friday, a local police officer has said. The attack came as a spate of sect shooting and bombing attacks in the country's north over the past weeks. The attack, which happened in Mubi in Adamawa state, had targeted a hall where a group of Igbo traders were...

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