Militants detained before launching attacks in Nangarhar

Afghan Intelligence (National Directorate for Security) on Wednesday to detain a group of insurgents who wanted to carry out coordinated attacks in eastern Nangarhar province. According to a statement released by Afghan National Directorate for Security (NDS), the group included four insurgents were detained by Afghan security forces in this province. The source further...

Read More

2 killed, 11 wounded in attacks in Iraq

BAGHDAD, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and eleven others wounded Wednesday in separate bomb and gunfire attacks in Iraq, the police said. In Iraq's northern central province of Salahudin, a roadside bomb went off close to a police vehicle on a main road near Samarra city, some 110 km north of the capital Baghdad, killing one policeman aboard and injuring four...

Read More

Leslie Halasz Sabo Jr. to be awarded posthumous MOH (+video)

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 17, 2012) -- President Barack Obama has announced that Spc. 4 Leslie H. Sabo Jr., a rifleman with the 101st Airborne Division, will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor May 16 for his actions during the Vietnam War. Sabo is credited with saving the lives of several of his comrades in Company B, 3rd Battalion, 506th Infantry when...

Read More

23 militants killed in security operations

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Nearly two dozen fighters were killed during combat operations by Afghan and foreign troops in Logar, Nangarhar and Zabul provinces, said officials on Wednesday. Four militants and six Afghan soldiers were also wounded, while 15 suspects were detained in the operations. Col. Ahmad Jan Mukhlis, a spokesman for the 203 Thunder Military Corps, said...

Read More

20 Taliban militants lay down arms in Afghanistan

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Another group of anti-government militants gave up fighting and joined the government-initiated peace process in Afghanistan's northern province on Wednesday."Twenty armed rebels handed over their weapons to authorities and joined the peace process in Deh Salah district of Baghlan province today," provincial police chief Assadullah...

Read More

Three armed insurgents killed, one wounded and eight others arrested by Afghan National Police

Three armed insurgents killed, one wounded and eight others arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched five joint clearance operations in Kabul, Kunduz, Kandahar, Khost and Paktiya provinces. As a result of these operations, three armed insurgents...

Read More

Apr.17.,2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed one insurgent and captured five suspects in eastern Afghanistan during operations throughout the past 24 hours, April 17. Ghazni province Afghan Uniformed Police killed one insurgent armed with an AK-47 as he attempted to charge the police on his motorcycle in Auins district. The body was searched afterward...

Read More

R.I.P. - Cpl. Aaron M. Faust

DOD Identifies Marine Casualty            The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Cpl. Aaron M. Faust, 22, Louisville, Ky., died April 15 while supporting combat operations in Helmand...

Read More