Unknown gunmen assassinate tribal elder in Kandahar

Image via Wikipedia Unknown gunmen in southern Kandahar province on Tuesday morning assassinated tribal elder and member of Dund district reform council.According to a press release issued by Kandahar provincial governor media office, Haji Mohammad Naeem was assassinated around 6 am local time by unknown gunmen at 10 district of southern Kandahar city while he was in a...

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Gunmen Kill VOA Reporter in Pakistan

Image by Omer Wazir via Flickr Gunmen in northwest Pakistan have shot and killed a reporter working for the Voice of America.Mukarram Khan Atif, who filed reports for VOA's Deewa Radio, was attacked Tuesday at a mosque near his home in Shabqadar. The town is located roughly 35 kilometers from Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.Local police say two assailants...

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Taliban local leader killed in E Afghanistan

GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan Taliban local leader was killed in a search operation in the country's eastern province of Ghazni, a provincial security official said on Tuesday. "Based on intelligence, a special unite of Afghan Directorate of Security (NDS) launched a search operation to capture a Taliban local leader in Gilan district of Ghazni province...

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6 security members killed in attacks in Iraq's violence

BAGHDAD, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Six security members were killed and another wounded Tuesday in separate gunfire and bomb attacks in western and eastern Iraq, the police said. In Iraq's western province of Anbar, unidentified gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in the town of Rutba, some 375 km west of Baghdad, killing five policemen, a provincial police source told Xinhua...

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Dozens of militants join peace process in Afghanistan

(mirror.co.uk) According to local authorities in easern Ghazni province, at least 20 armed militants surrendered to Afghan government and joined peace process in this province.Provincial governor Musa Akbarza said, the insurgents group under the leadership of Mullah Khadmul Furqan was plotting and carrying out insrugency activities in Dayak district of eastern Ghazni...

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R.I.P. - Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin B. Wise

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin B. Wise, 34, of Little Rock, Ark., died Jan. 15 in Landstuhl Regional Medical...

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Jan.17., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 17) — A combined Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in search of a Haqqani leader in Manduzai district, Khost province, today. The leader operates an insurgent cell in Nadir Shah Kot district and plans roadside bomb attacks throughout the area. During the operation, the security force observed a group of insurgents...

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Jan.16., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 16) — A combined Afghan and coalition security force discovered a drug cache during an operation in Now Zad district, Helmand province, yesterday. The cache consisted of approximately 880 pounds (400 kilograms) of opium, 1,562 pounds (710 kilograms) of drug-producing chemicals and miscellaneous equipment used in drug manufacturing....

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