Six killed, four injured in Sudan Darfur attack

Image via Wikipedia KHARTOUM, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Six Sudanese civilians were killed and four others injured in an attack by a faction of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) launched in Alawna, some 30 km from El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, official SUNA news agency reported Thursday. "An armed group belonging to the rebel Sudan Liberation Army's (SLA) Minnawi faction...

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Pak combat jets kill 15 Taliban militants

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani combat jets today pounded militant hideouts in the Orakzai tribal region of northwest Pakistan killing at least 15 Taliban fighters, officials said. Four hideouts were destroyed in the air strikes carried out near the Afghan border by two combat jets. The attack was launched after intelligence reports said militants of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan...

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Afghan Female Senator Allegedly Linked To Kidnapping

KABUL -- The office of Afghanistan's Attorney General alleges that female Senator Fawzia Sadaat has links with a criminal group involved in kidnapping. Deputy Attorney General Rahmatullo Nazari said the office had sent a letter to the senate on February 23 asking it to strip Sadaat of her immunity to pave the way for launching a criminal probe against her. According...

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Marine copters crash, killing 7 (updated)

Image via Wikipedia Two Marine helicopters collided at the Yuma Training Range Complex on Wednesday, killing seven Marines in one of the worst training accidents in recent years. The helicopters that collided — an AH-1W “Cobra” and a UH-1Y “Huey” — were conducting routine training operations around 8 p.m. Wednesday in a remote area of the...

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Taliban Facilitator Captured in Khost Operation

A Taliban facilitator was captured on Thursday in an Afghan-led military operation in Khost province in eastern Afghanistan, Isaf said. "The facilitator co-ordinated the procurement of weapons and explosives for attacks against Afghan security forces," Isaf said in a statement. The security force seized weapons, ammunition and bomb-making materials. One additional...

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Afghan Soldier Kills Two Nato Troop in Afghanistan

Image via Wikipedia An Afghan soldier shot and killed two Nato soldiers in eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, a source told TOLOnews. "An Afghan soldier turned his weapon against foreign troops in the Khogyani district of Nangahar province today. He opened fire on Nato troops, killing two and wounding two others," the source told TOLOnews on the condition...

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Car bomb kills 13 at Peshawar bus station (+video)

People visit the site of a bomb blast in Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 - Photo/Mohammad Sajjad PESHAWAR: A car bomb ripped through a bus station on Thursday, killing 13 people, including two children, on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said. The attack happened on the road towards the garrison city of Kohat near the lawless...

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Feb.23., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Feb. 23) – An Afghan-led and coalition-supported security force discovered an explosives cache during an operation in Achin district, Nangarhar province, yesterday. The cache consisted of 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms) of explosive materials. The security force destroyed all of the materials on site without incident. In other International Security...

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Rapid attacks across Iraq kill 50 people

BAGHDAD (AP) — A rapid series of attacks spread over a wide swath of Iraqi territory killed at least 50 people on Thursday, targeting mostly security forces in what appeared to be another strike by al-Qaida militants bent on destabilizing the country. The apparently coordinated bombings and shootings unfolded over four hours in the capital Baghdad — where most of the deaths...

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Ansar al-Sunna chief arrested on Syria-Iraq border

FALLUJAH, Iraq — Iraqi security forces on Wednesday arrested the head of Ansar al-Sunna, a Sunni insurgent group said to be linked to Al-Qaeda, the counter-terrorism chief for Anbar province said. "Iraqi forces today arrested the leader of Ansar al-Sunna, Walid Khaled Ali, as he tried to illegally infiltrate into Iraqi territory from Syria," Brigadier General Khaled al-Dulaimi...

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Somalia al-Shabab militant base of Baidoa captured

Ethiopian and Somali troops have taken a strategic stronghold of Islamist militants in south-western Somalia. Eyewitnesses told the BBC that about 50 vehicles, including some 20 tanks, had entered Baidoa, which was not defended. After the southern port of Kismayo, the town was the most important al-Shabab base. The news comes as the UN Security Council voted to increase...

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R.I.P. - Sgt. Allen R. McKenna Jr.

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.              Sgt. Allen R. McKenna Jr., 28, of Noble, Okla., died Feb. 21 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.  He was assigned to the...

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NATO air raid injure 8 Afghan kids in Kunar province

According to local authorities in eastern Afghanistan, at least 8 Afghan kids were injured following a NATO air raid at eastern Kunar province.The officials further added, the incident took place on Wednesday morning after NATO targeted a school at Koz district of eastern Kunar province which injured at least 8 female kids.Provincial governor spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai...

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