Suicide bomber kills one in southern Somalia

MOGADISHU, April 17 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomber killed a Somali soldier after blew himself up at a police station in Somalia's southern town of Baidoa, witnesses and police said. The bomber was stopped twice by a soldier at the gate of the police station before he detonated his explosives, killing himself and the soldier, Abdishakur Ali, a police officer told Xinhua by...

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Iraq Al-Qaeda militant kills self, family during raid

BAQOUBA, Iraq: An alleged Al-Qaeda member blew up his house in Iraq’s Diyala province during a raid Monday, killing himself and four family members, while five people died in other attacks, security sources said.Just before Iraqi soldiers entered the home “of an Al-Qaeda member in Saadiyah, he blew up the house and killed himself, his wife, and three children,” who were...

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Explosion in hospital injure 6 at eastern Khost province

According to local authorities in eastern Khost province, an explosion took place inside a hospital belongint to Medecins Sans Frontieres in this province. Reports suggest at least 2 kids and 4 other have been injured following the incident. In the meantime provincial security chief Gen. Yaqoub Mandozi said, the incident took place after a mine which was planted inside...

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4 fighters killed in poppy eradication drive

Jalalabad District is located in the north-west of Nangarhar Province. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) JALALABAD/ KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Four militants were killed and seven people, including Afghan security personnel, were injured in a clash during a poppy eradication campaign in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Tuesday. The clash erupted on Monday evening when...

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Eight armed insurgents killed and arrested by Afghan National Police

Eight armed insurgents killed and arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched three joint clearance operations in Ghazni, Khost and Kandahar provinces. As a result of these operations, one armed insurgent was killed and seven others were arrested...

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Afghan schoolgirls poisoned in anti-education attack

Districts of Takhar Province (Photo credit: Wikipedia) (Reuters) - About 150 Afghan schoolgirls were poisoned on Tuesday after drinking contaminated water at a high school in the country's north, officials said, blaming it on conservative radicals opposed to female education. Since the 2001 toppling of the Taliban, which banned education for women and girls, females...

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Apr.17., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Apr. 17) — An Afghan and coalition security force conducted a security operation in Nerkh district, Wardak province, today.During the operation, multiple insurgents were observed setting up a heavy machine gun in the vicinity of a village while preparing to attack Afghan security forces.After ensuring no civilians were in the area, the security force...

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R.I.P. - Staff Sgt. David P. Nowaczyk

DOD Identifies Army Casualty              The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Staff Sgt. David P. Nowaczyk, 32, of Dyer, Ind., died April 15, in Kunar province, Afghanistan,...

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US Predators strike again in southern Yemen

By Bill Roggio - April 16, 2012 - LWJ US drones killed five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike today in an area that is currently under the terror group's control. The unmanned and heavily armed Predators or the more deadly Reapers targeted an AQAP vehicle as it was traveling near the town of Karma in the Azzan district in Shabwa...

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