14 Killed in Iraq Robbery, Attacks

BAGHDAD, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Up to 14 people were killed and 11 wounded in attacks against government office and jewelry stores in central Iraq on Monday, the Iraqi police said. One of the attacks occurred before midday when gunmen stormed a jewelry store in al-Shaab district in northern Baghdad, killing two jewelers inside, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The...

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Mar.12., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan Provincial Response Company with coalition mentors detained an improvised explosive device manufacturer during an operation in Nerkh district, Wardak province, Saturday. The targeted individual was responsible for a roadside bombing attack against Afghan and coalition forces in Shinwar district, Parwan province. IED components were linked...

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Senior Taliban leader detained in western Herat province

Afghan Intelligence (National Directorate for Security) on Monday announced, Afghan security forces detained a Taliban leader appointed as district chief for Keshk district in western Herat province by this group. According to a press release issued by the Afghan Intelligence (National Directorate for Security), the detained Taliban leader was recognized as Mullah Padshah...

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2 killed, 20 injured in roadside bomb blast in northwest Pakistan

Two persons were killed and nearly 20 others injured when a bus was targeted with a roadside bomb in the restive Kurram tribal region of northwest Pakistan today, security officials said. The incident occurred in Pir Qayyum area of the tribal district. The bus was going from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa capital Peshawar to Parachinar, the main town of Kurram Agency. Two persons...

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Six militants killed and injured in Afghan military operations

Afghan Interior Ministry on Monday announced, at least 6 insurgents were killed and injured and 16 others were arrested by Afghan security forces. According a statement issued by Afghan Interior Ministry, the militants were killed, injured and detained by Afghan National Police forces during the past 24 hours in 6 separate operations. The operations were jointly conducted...

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Death toll rises to 11 after suicide attack hits church in Nigeria

JOS, Nigeria, March 11 (Xinhua) -- At least 11 people have been confirmed dead after a suicide bomb blast rocked a church in central north Plateau State, sources said on Sunday. State police spokesperson Samuel Dabia and the Medical Director, Plateau Specialist Hospital Matawwal Bitrus, confirmed this to Xinhua on phone from Jos, the state capital, adding that 22 other...

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4 policemen killed in attack on government building in north of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Four policemen were killed and two others injured Monday in a bomb and gunfire attack on a government building in a town in north of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said. The attack took place at dawn when gunmen in a car threw a hand grenade and opened fire on the guards of the municipality of Tarmiyah, some 30 km north of Baghdad,...

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U.S. drones bomb al-Qaida posts in southern Yemen, 3 militants killed

ADEN/SANAA, March 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. drones bombed an army base seized by al-Qaida militants in Yemen's southern province of Abyan as well as several hideouts of the terrorist group on Sunday night, killing three militants, witnesses and senior army officers told Xinhua Three al-Qaida militants were confirmed killed in the air raid, an al-Qaida spokesman told Xinhua on...

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