Nigeria: Explosives Kill Five Boko Haram Members in Maiduguri

The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital has said that no fewer than 5 people suspected to be members of Boko Haram have been killed while preparing Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's) which exploded yesterday in Biu Local Goovernment Area of the state. Biu is one of the five council areas which are under the state of emergency declared...

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Three armed insurgents killed and nine others arrested by Afghan National Police

Three armed insurgents killed 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 nine joint clearance operations in Nangarhar, Nooristan, Helmand, Uruzgan, Logar, Ghazni, Khost and Herat provinces. As a result of these operations, three...

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7 insurgents killed in Ghazni operations

Map of the districts of Ghazni province of Afghanistan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Seven Taliban insurgents were killed and three others wounded during separate operations in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Monday. Four armed rebels were killed and three others were wounded during a joint operation of Afghan and foreign troops in the...

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Nigeria: Another Bomb Factory Discovered in Kogi Cave

Lokoja — A strange 'bomb factory' was again discovered in a cave in Kogi State yesterday.This made it the fourth 'bomb factory' unearthed by security operatives in Kogi State so far. The first was in Ihima in Okehi Local Government Area, followed by the one found in an uncompleted building on Kano Road, Kabba, as well as the one behind a primary school at Ogaminana, also...

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4 wounded in restaurant bomb attack in southern Lebanon

Map of Lebanon from the CIA World Factbook. Tyre is near the southern border (Photo credit: Wikipedia) TYRE, Lebanon, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Four people were slightly wounded in a bomb explosion that occurred late Sunday night outside a restaurant in Lebanon's southern city of Tyre. The blast went off shortly after midnight, targeting Nocean Restaurant which is located on...

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Bomb in East Afghanistan Kills 2 Nato Soldiers

Two Nato troops were killed in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, Isaf said.Isaf did not provide more details about the exact province or location of the incident nor the soldiers' nationality, in its statement released Monday.Most of the foreign troops based in the east are American, but there are soldiers from other Nato-contributing nations as well.The...

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School attack kills child in Pakistan

A hand-grenade attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday killed a six-year old child and wounded two other children, police said. Suspected militants threw a grenade from a lane behind the Iqra Public School in Khazana area that landed near children who were washing, senior police officer Tahir Ayub said. The motive for the attack was not immediately clear,...

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Taliban and Haqqani leaders detained in Afghan operations

Afghan and coalition security forces captured a Taliban leader along with a Haqqani Network leader following military operations in Kandahar and Khost provinces of Afghanistan. International Security Assistance Force following a press release on Monday announced Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban facilitator during an operation in Kandahar district,...

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Apr.23., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Apr. 23) — Security forces launched an operation to capture a senior Haqqani facilitator in Baraki Barak district, Logar province, today.  The Haqqani facilitator is suspected of providing weapons and ammunition to insurgents for a planned attack against Afghan government officials, Afghan security forces and coalition security forces in Kabul...

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3 al-Qaida militants killed in air strike in eastern Yemen

SANAA, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Yemeni air forces raided a suspected al-Qaida convoy in the eastern province of Marib on Sunday, killing at least three militants, the defense ministry said."The raid targeted three vehicles carrying militants of the terrorist al-Qaida network in the desert area of Sanda in Marib on Sunday afternoon, killing at least three militants and destroying...

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3 dead in NATO convoy attack in Farah

FARAH CITY (PAN): Two Taliban fighters and a guard were killed after a convoy of trucks, carrying supplies for NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), came under attack in western Farah province, officials said on Sunday. One of the guards escorting the convoy was killed and two fuel tankers were torched during the assault that took place late Saturday...

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