Several killed in Islamist attacks on Yemen army checkpoint

Yemen division 20120311(wikipedia) from xinhua: 10 al-Qaida militants killed in fresh fighting in S Yemen ADEN, Yemen, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Fresh fighting between the armed forces and al-Qaida militants erupted in Yemen's southern province of Abyan on Tuesday afternoon, leaving at least 10 terrorists killed, a military official told Xinhua. The fresh fighting resumed...

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Five mine planters killed and arrested in Helmand and Herat provinces

from moi.gov.af   Five mine planters killed and arrested in Helmand and Herat provinces Two mine planters killed by their own explosives while they attempted to place IED in a vehicle in the Janob Bazaar region, Sangin District of Helmand province, last night. In the meantime, Afghan National Border Police arrested three mine planters while they attempted...

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Suicide car bomb kills 12, injures 30 in Afghanistan (photos)

from Xinhua Afghan policemen stand guard at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Herat province, west of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on April 10, 2012. At least 12 people, including two suicide bombers, were killed and 30 others injured Tuesday morning when a suicide car bomb went off in Guzara district of Herat province, provincial police chief said. (Xinhua/Sardar)  ---  Afghan...

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R.I.P. - Corporal Jack Leslie Stanley

Corporal Jack Leslie Stanley[Pictures: via MOD] Corporal Jack Leslie Stanley dies of wounds sustained in Afghanistan A Military Operations news article 9 Apr 12 It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that Corporal Jack Leslie Stanley, of the Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish), died in hospital in Birmingham...

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Seven armed insurgents killed, one wounded and nine others arrested by Afghan National Police

  Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched 12 joint clearance operations in Nangarhar, Kunduz, Faryab, Badakhshan, Helmand, Uruzgan, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Khost and Farah provinces. As a result of these operations, seven armed insurgents were killed, one wounded and nine...

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Deaths in Afghanistan suicide bombings

Map of Afghanistan with Herat highlighted (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Separate explosions near government offices in Herat and Helmand provinces kill police and civilians in Afghanistan. Two separate attacks in Afghanistan's west and south have left at least 22 people killed and another 34 wounded, according to local police. A Toyota 4x4 vehicle with two people inside,...

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R.I.P. - Staff Sgt. Tyler J. Smith

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Staff Sgt. Tyler J. Smith, 24, of Licking, Mo., died April 3, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan,...

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Apr.10., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in Pashtun Kot district to detain Izatullah, the head of the Taliban commission in Faryab province, yesterday. During the operation, insurgents engaged the combined security force with small arms fire. Assessing an immediate threat, the force returned fire killing Izatullah and two...

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