Pakistani Taliban deputy Faqir Mohammad demoted

By Bill Roggio - March 6, 2012 - LWJ Faqir Mohammed. Image courtesy of AfPax Insider. Faqir Mohammed, the deputy emir of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, was relieved of his command, according to the spokesman for the terror group. Faqir, who has led the Taliban forces in the Bajaur tribal agency, served as interim emir for...

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Mar.06., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – A combined Afghan and coalition security force detained two suspected insurgents and discovered an improvised explosive device-making facility during an operation in Zharay district, Kandahar province, yesterday. The cache contained more than 550 pounds (250 kilograms) of ammonium nitrate, as well as batteries, wires and several other IED components....

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8 Yemeni soldiers injured in shootout with suspected al-Qaida militants

Image via Wikipedia ADEN, Yemen, March 6 (Xinhua) -- At least eight government soldiers were injured Tuesday evening during a gun fight with suspected al-Qaida militants in Yemen's southeastern province of Shabwa, a security official told Xinhua. Gunmen believed to be from the al-Qaida group attacked a military checkpoint positioned in the Ataq city, the provincial capital...

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Civilians among 7 injured in bomb blasts in AF

Image via Wikipedia KABUL (PAN): One militant was killed and four policemen and three civilians were wounded in separate bomb explosions on Tuesday, officials said. The first blast took place near the Pakistani Consulate in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, at around 8am, a border police spokesman said. Idrees Momand told Pajhwok Afghan News police...

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Suicide bomber wounds 4 policemen in Iraq

TIKRIT, Iraq, March 6 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomber blew up himself in a town in Iraq's Salahudin province on Tuesday, wounding four policemen, while the police captured three suspects who were accompanying the bomber, a provincial police source said. The incident took place in the early morning at a police checkpoint in the southern entrance of the city of Baiji, some 30...

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Nangarhar Bomb Blast Wounds 3 Border Police

Three Afghan border policemen were wounded in a bomb blast in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday, a local official said. The incident took place at 08:00 am local time in Jalalabad City, the provincial capital, when the policemen's vehicle struck a roadside bomb, provincial spokesman Ahmad Zia Abduzai told TOLOnews. No group including the Taliban claimed responsibility...

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Mar.06., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Mar. 06) – Afghan and coalition security forces captured two Taliban leaders during an operation in Nad ‘Ali district, Helmand province, yesterday. One of the leaders directed the emplacement of roadside bombs and attacks against Afghan and coalition forces in Nad ‘Ali district. The other captured Taliban leader coordinated ambushes and roadside...

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