Two policemen killed, 5 injured in Peshawar bomb attack

PESHAWAR: At least two policemen was killed while five others including three policemen were injured in bomb attack on police mobile van near Qamar Din Ghari area here on Tuesday.  According to reports, Station House Officer (SHO), Hazrat Ali and a police constable died in the explosion which targeted the police van. Five others including three policemen were...

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Somalia: 100 Shabaab 'Dead' in Battle

Nairobi — More than 100 Al Shabaab militants were killed during intense fighting Tuesday with fighters of the Ahlusunna Waljamaa in the town of Dhusamareb in Central Somalia. The Head of the Political Section of Ahlusunna Waljamaa, Abdisalan Adan Hussein told Capital FM News in Nairobi that at least ten of their members were killed during the fighting, and thirty more...

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Afghan army detain 2 suicide bombers in Farah province

According to a statement issued by the Afghan defense ministry, Afghan national army soldiers detained 2 suicide bombers in western Farah province.The source further added, the two suicide bombers were detained following a military operation based on an intelligence report.The operation was conducted on Monday evening by 207 Zaffar Afghan National Army commandment, Afghan...

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Taliban militants ambush NATO oil tankers in Farah

According to local authorities in western Afghanistan, Taliban militants in western Farah province torched nine NATO oil tankers. A spokesman for Afghan national police in western regions Abdul Rauf Ahmadi said, the incident took place at Bala Bolok district of western Farah province after Taliban militants ambushed a convoy of the NATO oil tankers. Mr. Ahmadi further...

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Explosions across Iraq kill at least 43

(Reuters) - Car and roadside bombs killed at least 43 people in cities and towns across Iraq on Tuesday, police and hospital sources said, extending a spate of violence ahead of next week's Arab League summit in Baghdad. The meeting is seen as the country's debut on the regional stage following the withdrawal of U.S. troops in December and Iraq's government is anxious...

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Afghan Forces & Hungarian NATO military clear roads & rescue motorists from avalanches in Salang Pass

By PRT PEK Public Affairs SALANG PASS, Kunduz Province – Multiple avalanches along the Salang Pass, which is a highly traveled road connecting northern of Afghanistan with Kabul, stranded hundreds of vehicles and left 3 people dead and more than 25 injured. The route of the pass reaches to elevations 4000 meters above sea level in the Hindu Kush Mountains. Days of snowfall...

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Pakistani Islamist warlord Mangal Bagh rumored killed in Khyber

By Bill Roggio - March 19, 2012 - LWJ Pakistani police claimed that Mangal Bagh, the leader of a Taliban-linked terror group based in the tribal agency of Khyber, was killed during an operation there last weekend. The report is unconfirmed and a spokesman for the group denied Bagh was killed. "The leader of the banned outfit is dead," the chief of police in Peshawar told...

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