Suicide bomber target NATO convoy in Kandahar province

According to local authorities in southern Kandahar province, a suicide bomber stormed a coalition security forces convoy in this province. The officials further added, the incident took place at Dund district of southern Kandahar province on Friday afternoon. Local security officials said, at least 4 coalition security forces, 1 Afghan police, an Afghan civilian and and...

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R.I.P. - Cpl. Conner T. Lowry

DOD Identifies Marine Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Cpl. Conner T. Lowry, 24, of Chicago, Ill., died March 1 while conducting combat operations...

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3 militants killed in Nangarhar airstrike

Image via Wikipedia KABUL (PAN): Three militants were killed in an airstrike by NATO-led troops in the Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province, bordering Pakistan’s lawless tribal region of Khyber, officials said on Friday. The insurgents were killed in a joint Afghan-International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operation late on Thursday night, a spokesman for...

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At least 10 troops, 23 militants dead in Khyber Agency clash

PESHAWAR: Ten soldiers and 23 militants were killed in a battle that lasted more than seven hours in Bara, Khyber Agency said security officials. The security forces that had moved into the area almost a week back had established their posts in the area of Maira Sar, said sources. The area has been consistently bombarded by helicopter shelling because it is considered...

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Somalia, AU Troops Attack al-Shabab Bases in Mogadishu

Somali forces backed by African Union troops have begun an operation against al-Shabab rebels in northern Mogadishu, as the U.N.-supported coalition aims to continue recent advances against the al-Qaida-linked insurgent group. The African Union Mission in Somalia said the operation launched early Friday is meant to clear al-Shabab fighters from the northern fringes of the...

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Gunmen kill Pakistan intelligence official

PESHAWAR: Gunmen on Friday shot dead an intelligence official in Taliban-ridden northwest Pakistan, police said. Bashir Khan, an Intelligence Bureau inspector, was on his way to work on his motorcycle when gunmen also riding a motorbike shot him, senior police official Tahir Ayub told AFP. Khan, 38, died at the scene, he added. The shooting took place in the outskirts...

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