Militants blow up a girls' school in NW Pakistan

Image via Wikipedia ISLAMABAD, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Some unidentified militants have blown up a girls' school with a remote-controlled explosive device in Pakistan's northwest city of Dera Ismail Khan on Friday, local media reported.According to the report of local TV channel Dunya, the incident took place at about 2 a.m. local time when an unknown number of militants tied...

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Militants ambush kills 7 troops in NW Pakistan

Image via Wikipedia Seven Pakistani army soldiers have been killed and three others wounded following an ambush by pro-Taliban militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, Press TV reports.Clashes broke out in the early hours of Friday when a group of 50 militants attacked a security checkpoint in Shidano Dand post in the remote mountainous...

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17 militants detained in southern Kandahar province

According to local authorities in southern Kandahar province, at least 17 armed militants were detained by Afghan secrity forces in this province.Provincial National Directorate for Security Chief Gen. Eisa Mohammad following weekly security briefing said, the militants were detained by Afghan intelligence security forces from Kandahar city and various other regions of Kandahar...

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ISAF captures senior IMU and Taliban military commander

afghanistan (Photo credit: The U.S. Army) by Bill Roggio - February 3, 2012 - LWJ Coalition and Afghan special operations forces captured a dual-hatted Taliban and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander who directed operations in the northwest during a raid in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. The commander, who was not named, was captured today by a...

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Feb.03., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Feb. 03) — Afghan hostage rescued by combined Afghan Force A combined Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation freeing a kidnapped Afghan citizen in Khoghjani district, Ghazni province, Wednesday. During the operation, the security force rescued one hostage and detained several insurgents connected with the kidnapping. The...

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Philippine military kills wanted Jemaah Islamiyah, Abu Sayyaf operatives in airstrike

Philippine Air Force  OV-10 / Image via Wikipedia by Bill Roggio - February 2, 2012 - LWJ The Philippine Air Force force killed a senior Jemaah Islamiyah leader, a top Abu Sayyaf Group commander, and 13 others, including a wanted Singaporean terrorist, during an airstrike in Sulu province. Zulkifli bin Hir, one of the most wanted leaders of the al Qaeda-linked...

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Philippine military intensifying rescue of 2 kidnapped Europeans

Image via Wikipedia MANILA, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Philippine navy ships have put up a blockade off the southern province of Tawi-tawi as ground forces are mounting search and rescue operations for the kidnappers of two Europeans held captive by suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorists on Wednesday.In a phone interview, Renato Yongke, commander of the Naval Task Force 62, said at...

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