Nigeria: Boko Haram claims responsibility for attacks in northern states

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's Boko Haram militant sect has claimed responsibility for the attacks on a police station, an army lodge and a satellite prison in the two northern states of Kano and Yobe. The sect launched multiple attacks in Tudun Wada last week and the northeastern town of Damagun in Yobe State, killing scores of people. The...

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Afghan policeman kills 9 sleeping fellow officers

KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan policeman killed nine of his fellow officers as they lay sleeping in a village in the eastern Paktika province on Friday, police said, blaming the attack on the Taliban. Provincial police chief Dawlat Khan Zadran said the incident took place in Yayakhil town of Yayakhil district. Bowal Khan, chief of Yayakhil district, identified...

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US Predator strike kills 4 'militants' in North Waziristan

By Bill Roggio - March 30, 2012 - LWJ Unmanned US Predator or Reaper strike aircraft killed four "militants" in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan today. The strike is the first in more than two weeks. The US drones fired a pair of missiles at a house in the bazaar in Miramshah, the main town in North...

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Dozens of Taliban killed in fighting in west Afghanistan

Districts of Farah. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) (Reuters) - Dozens of Taliban fighters were killed in U.S. air strikes and a gunbattle in western Afghanistan after an insurgent attack on an Afghan army patrol, NATO and Afghan officials said on Friday. A spokesman of the International Security Assistance Force said the patrol came under attack in Gulistan district in western...

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Mar.30., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Mar. 30) — An Afghan-led security force captured a Haqqani leader during an operation in Khost district, Khost province, today.The leader organized roadside bombings and other attacks against Afghan and coalition security forces throughout the district. He also supplied insurgents with materials for building explosive devices. The security force...

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NATO base comes under attack in Kunar

Districts of Kunar. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) ASADABAD (PAN): The Taliban on Thursday attacked a base of NATO-led troops in the Watapur district of eastern Kunar province, an official said. Four attackers were killed and two others detained as foreign troops acted in self-defence, an ISAF spokesman in the eastern zone, Sabawoon Hotak, told Pajhwok Afghan News. The...

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R.I.P. - Capt. Francis D. Imlay

DOD Identifies Air Force Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Capt. Francis D. Imlay, 31, of Vacaville, Calif., died March 28 from injuries received...

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