2 killed, 27 injured following blast in eastern Lahore city

Map of Pakistan (Photo credit: Omer Wazir) According to Pakistani security officials, at least 2 people were killed and 27 others were injured following a bomb explosion in the eastern city of Lahore in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Tuesday. The officials further added the incident took place after a bomb went off at the main railway station Lahore city. A senior...

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20 militants killed, 10 injured in Helmand province

According to local officials in southern Helmand province at least 20 militants were killed following a joint military operation which was launched a week back in Helmand’s Washir district. Provincial governor spokesman Daud Ahmadi said, at least four Taliban leaders including Taliban’s district chief for Washir was also killed during the operations. He also added Taliban’s...

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Car bomb wounds 3 in central Damascus

A pool of blood is pictured next to a damaged car after a bomb exploded in Damascus in this handout released by Syria's national news agency SANA April 24, 2012. REUTERS Photo A car bomb exploded in central Damascus on Tuesday, wounding three people, state television reported, blaming an "armed terrorist group"."An armed terrorist group detonated the car bomb near the...

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8 wounded by bomb in Tak Bai, Thailand

Seals of The Provinces of Thailand (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Three civilians, including a three-year-old boy, and five soldiers were wounded by a bomb explosion on a road in Narathiwat's Tak Bai district on Tuesday. Police said a patrol from Narathiwat Task Force 36 was the target of the bomb, which was in a black bag left in a push cart in front of a cemetery of Ban...

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Nigerian troops shoot dead 3 sect members

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Three suspected members of the Islamic Boko Haram miltia sect were shot dead while trading fire with Nigerian troops operating in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, a seinor officer said Tuesday.Col. Victor Ebhalem, the Field Operations officer of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno state, told Xinhua that the "Boko Haram terrorists"...

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2 notorious drug smugglers arrested in Kabul

KABUL (PAN): Two notorious drug smugglers, who sent drugs to regional and other foreign countries from Afghanistan, have been arrested, an interior ministry official on Monday. The pair smuggled more than one tonne of drugs to foreign countries on a monthly basis, counternarcotics deputy minister at the ministry, Baaz Mohammad Ahmadi, said. The traffickers were...

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Taliban and Haqqani leaders detained in Logar province

Afghan and NATO-led international coalition security forces detained Taliban and Haqqani Network leaders following joint military operations at Logar, Paktia and eastern Nangarhar province. According to a statement released by International Security Assitance Force, Afghan and coalition security force detained two insurgent leaders during an operation in Pul-e ‘Alam district,...

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4 Afghan soldiers killed and injured in Kandahar

Afghan defense ministry officials following a statement on Tuesday announced at least 4 Afghan national army soldiers were killed and injured in southern Kandahar province. The source further added the incident took place in Shahwalikot district of southern Kandahar province after armed militants opened on Afghan national soldiers killing, at least 1 service member and...

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R.I.P. - Staff Sgt. Joseph H. Fankhauser

DOD Identifies Marine Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Staff Sgt. Joseph H. Fankhauser, 30, of Mason, Texas, died April 22 while conducting combat...

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Apr.23.,2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan –Afghan and coalition forces killed two insurgents and captured three suspects in eastern Afghanistan during operations throughout the past 24 hours, April 23. Ghazni province A coalition airstrike killed two insurgents and wounded two others carrying mortars rounds and AK-47s in Qarah district. The two wounded were medically treated, detained and...

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Taliban, Haqqani factions attack tribal rivals in North Waziristan; 10 dead

By LWJ Staff - April 23, 2012 - TheLongWarJournal At least 10 people, including five local Taliban, have been killed and dozens injured after hundreds of Taliban fighters loyal to Hafiz Gul Bahadur and Sirajuddin Haqqani clashed with local anti-Taliban tribesmen in the Shawa area of North Waziristan. The fierce clash, which involved artillery and heavy weapons and...

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Eight armed insurgents killed, one wounded and 15 others arrested by Afghan National Police

Eight armed insurgents killed, one wounded and 15 others arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched six joint clearance operations in Kabul, Nangarhar, Parwan, Kunduz, Helmand and Logar provinces. As a result of these operations, eight armed...

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Apr.24., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Apr. 24) — An Afghan and coalition security force detained two insurgent leaders during an operation in Pul-e ‘Alam district, Logar province, today. One of the leaders was from the Haqqani network and the other was a leader in the Taliban network. The Haqqani leader directed roadside bombings and other attacks against Afghan and coalition security forces...

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In Syria, Lebanon’s Most Wanted Sunni Terrorist Blows Himself Up

Lebanese terror leader Abdel Ghani Jawhar detonated himself accidentally in Syria, raising questions about the kind of company the rebels are keeping By Aryn Baker and Rami Aysha/Beirut from globlaspin Abdel Ghani Jawhar When one of Lebanon’s most wanted terrorists kills himself while planting a bomb it is cause for at least some sort of grim celebration. But when...

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