Afghans say 41 child suicide bombers rescued

Afghan, ISAF forces reopen school in Zabul (Photo credit: isafmedia) KABUL: The Afghan government said Monday that police had rescued 41 children from becoming suicide bombers as they were about to be smuggled across the mountains into Pakistan.Interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi told a news conference that the children aged six to 11 had been released on February...

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An Albanian army officer shot dead, one injured in Afghanistan, 11 Afghan police arrested

Suspected Afghan police opened fire on Albanian and other foreign troops in the war-wracked country’s south Monday, killing anAlbanian soldier and prompting the arrest of 11 Afghan policemen, authorities said. The death were the first for Albanian troop in Afghanistan. Another international soldier was wounded. Monday’s shooting occurred in the village of Robat,...

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Djibouti plane crash - names released

DOD Identifies Air Force Casualties              The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of four airmen who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.  They died February 18 when their U-28 aircraft was involved in an accident near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa.  The cause of the accident is under investigation.     Killed were:     Capt. Ryan P. Hall, 30, of Colorado Springs, Colo.  He was assigned to the 319th Special...

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Plane crash kills 4 US military personnel in Djibouti (update)

Image via Wikipedia Four U.S. military personnel died when their military aircraft crashed in Djibouti, according to a story by Voice of America. The U.S. Africa Command said the aircraft went down late Saturday during a routine flight, according to VOA. The aircraft was about six miles from Djibouti International Airport. AFRICOM did not describe the type of aircraft...

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4 killed, 2 injured in Iraq's Anbar province

Image via Wikipedia RAMADI, Iraq, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and two others wounded in separate gunfire and bomb attack in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial police source said on Monday.Gunmen using assault rifles stormed the house of Sheikh Ketab al-Issawi, chieftain of a local tribe in southern city of Fallujah, some 50 km west of Baghdad,...

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Three Italian soldiers die in Afghanistan car accident (updated)

Image via Wikipedia UPDATE: Three Italian soldiers were killed on 20th February 2012 when the Lynx VTLM vehicle they were in overturned while crossing a river, trapping three of the crew inside. The incident happened about 20km south-west of Shindand during a recovery and rescue operation of another unit that was stranded by bad weather. The three soldiers,...

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1 Policeman Killed, Others Wounded in Kandahar Car bomb

One Afghan policeman was killed and two others were wounded in a car bomb near the police headquarters in Kandahar on Monday. Two other policemen and three civilians were wounded in the attack. The incident took place at 10 am local time when a car bomb exploded near the fourth district police station, provincial spokesman Zalmai Ayoubi told TOLOnews. The wounded were...

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R.I.P. - Petty Officer First Class Paris S. Pough

DOD Identifies Navy Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Petty Officer First Class Paris S. Pough, 40, of Columbus, Ga. died Feb. 17, during a port visit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Pough, a hull technician, was assigned to the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), home-ported in San Diego, Calif.            ...

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