R.I.P. - Staff Sgt. Ahmed K. Altaie -- last missing soldier in Iraq

DOD Identifies Army Casualty              The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.        On Feb. 25, the armed forces medical examiner at the Dover Port Mortuary in Dover, Del., positively identified the remains...

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5 killed, 15 injured in Nowshera blast after ANP rally

NOWSHERA: A blast hit the site where Awami National Party (ANP) was holding a public rally that killed five persons and injured 15 others, including four policemen, our sources reported Monday. The bomb went off soon after chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Amir Haider Hoti, and other ministers in his provincial cabinet had left the meeting in the town...

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R.I.P. - Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II

DOD Identifies Army Casualty               The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.                Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II, 48, of Baltimore, Md., died Feb. 25,...

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24 armed militants join peace process in Baghlan province

Around 24 armed insurgents in northern Baghlan province surrendered to Afghan government and joined the Afghan peace process. The militants group under the commandment of Mawlai Jalaluddin, were actively plotting and carrying out insurgency activities during the past 3 years at Tala Barfak district of northern Baghlan province. The militants also handed over 19 different...

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Three killed in bomb explosion in Nepali capital

KATHMANDU, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed after a powerful petrol bomb exploded in the Nepali capital Kathmandu Monday afternoon, police said. Two of them died on the spot while the third died at a local hospital. More than six people were injured and five of them were said to be in very critical condition at Bir Hospital in the capital. The three...

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HMS Somerset welcomed home from counter-piracy mission

A Military Operations news article 27 Feb 12 More than 600 joyous family members and friends greeted their loved ones on the jetty at HM Naval Base Devonport in Plymouth on Friday when HMS Somerset returned from a six-month counter-piracy mission. HMS Somerset sails past Plymouth Hoe [Picture: LA(Phot) Joel Rouse, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012] Throughout...

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Senior Taliban commander killed in Ghazni province

According to local authorities in eastern Ghazni province, a senior Taliban commander was killed following a military operation by Afghan National Police forces in this province. The officials further added, the Taliban commander was killed on Sunday evening at the eastern outskirts of Ghazni city. Provincial Police Chief for eastern Ghazni province Zarawar Zahid said,...

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Feb.27., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – Several insurgents were captured by an Afghan Provincial Response Company working with coalition forces during execution of a search warrant in Bala Boluk district, Farah province, Saturday, Feb. 25. All of the detained insurgents were directly tied to IED and complex attacks against Afghan and coalition forces, as well as crimes against local...

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9 Killed in Jalalabad Suicide Attack (+video)

At least nine civilians were killed and 21 others were wounded in a suicide bomb attack in eastern Jalalabad city of Nangarhar province on Monday, a local official said. The incident took place just before 9:00 am local time when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the gates of Jalalabad airport, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, a provincial spokesman, told TOLOnews. Two...

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Nine killed in fresh sectarian fight in northwest Yemen

Image via Wikipedia SANAA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least nine gunmen were killed Sunday in clashes between Shiite rebels and Sunni fundamentalists in Yemen's northwestern province of Hajja, a security official said, underscoring severe sectarian tension laying before the country's newly-elected president. "Seven Sunni armed tribesmen and two Shiite rebels were killed early...

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F-35 Local Area Flights Could Start This Week

Image via Wikipedia By DAVE MAJUMDAR - DefenseNews F-35A Lightning II local area flights might start as early as this week at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Fla., an Air Force source said. Such flights would commence once the Air Force issues a military flight release (MFR). The Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center at Ohio’s Wright-Patterson Air Force Base might issue such...

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