Suicide bomber kills 9 in Mogadishu

By Bill Roggio - February 8, 2012 11:32 AM A Shabaab suicide bomber killed nine Somalis today in an attack outside a hotel in Mogadishu. From Reuters: A suicide car bomber killed at least nine people Wednesday near a hotel where lawmakers often gather in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said. Police officer Hassan Ali told Reuters the attacker rammed...

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Pakistani militant detained in southern Kandahar province

According to local authorities in southern Afghanistan, a Pakistan militant suspected was detained along with explosives in southern Kandahar province.Provincial governor media office following a press release said, Afghan police forces arrested the suspected militant along with a motorcycle packed with explosives at the first district of southern Kandahar province on Tuesday.The...

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Bomb blast kills 2 soldiers in NW Pakistan

Image via Wikipedia ISLAMABAD, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least two soldiers were killed and two others injured when their vehicle hit a landmine in Mohmand tribal region in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, local media reported.The vehicle carrying an unknown number of paramilitary troops was on routine patrol in Aleem Gar area in Mohmand, one of the seven tribal regions bordering...

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Al Qaeda releases photos of slain Khorasan commanders

Top left: Abu Laith al Libi; top center: Abdullah Saad al Libi; top right: Abu Abu Abdullah al Shami; bottom left: Abdul Khabir al Turkistani; bottom center: al Qaeda in the Khorasan fighters; bottom right: Soraqa al Kuwaiti. Images from the SITE Intelligence Group. A jihadist media outlet has released "several previously-unreleased" photographs of senior...

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Feb.08., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Feb. 08) – An Afghan and coalition security force captured two Taliban leaders during an operation in Lashkar Gah district, Helmand province, today. One leader planned attacks in Kandahar province, while the second leader conducted roadside bomb and direct-fire attacks against coalition forces. The security force confiscated bomb-making materials...

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US drone strike kill at least 10 militants in N. Waziristan

According to Pakistani security officials, at least 10 suspected militants were killed following a drone strike in North-Waziristan on Wednesday. The latest drone strike is considered to be the fifth unacknowledged Central Intelligence Agency drone strike this year after the programme was halted following the assassination of 24 Pakistani soldiers on November last...

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3 security guards 2 Afghan police killed in Kandahar

According to local authorities in southern Afghanistan, at least 3 private security guards were killed by one of their fellow in southern Kandahar province.The officials further added, the incident took place on Monday night after a security guard working for Haji Toryalai Security Company opened fire on his colleagues.According to a press release issued by provincial governor...

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Haqqani Network leader detained in Logar province

A Haqqani Network leader was detained following a joint military operation by Afghan and coalition security forces in easternAfghanistan.International Security Assistance Force following a statement on Tuesday said, the Haqqani Network leader was detained in Pul-e-Alam district of eastern Logar province.The statement further added, the leader conducted attacks against Afghan...

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