NATO airstrike kill 5 militants in Laghman province

The location of Laghman Province within Afghanistan (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Afghan and coalition forces killed seven insurgents, detained three suspects and discovered an explosives laboratory in eastern Afghanistan during operations throughout the past 24 hours. NATO-led International Security Assistance Force following a press announced coalition airstrike killed five...

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19 armed insurgents killed, 3 wounded and 5 others arrested by ANP

19 armed insurgents killed, three wounded and five others arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched 11 joint clearance operations in Kabul, Baghlan, Faryab, Kandahar, Helmand, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Khost, and Farah provinces. As a result of these operations,...

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May 01.,2012 - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed seven insurgents, detained three suspects and discovered an explosives laboratory in eastern Afghanistan during operations throughout the past 24 hours, April 30. Laghman province A coalition airstrike killed five insurgents in response to small-arms fire in Alingar district. Wardak province A coalition airstrike...

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Bomb blast kills 2, hurts 11 in Quetta (+video)

QUETTA: A bomb explosion attacked a vehicle of security forces on Sariab Road near Irrigation Colony here Tuesday, killing at least two persons and injuring eleven others, Geo news reported. According to SP Sariab, the bomb was planted on the roadside near irrigation colony. Four rickshaws and a vehicle of security forces caught fire while glasses of nearby buildings...

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11 killed in Bloody Battle against Somali, Ethiopian forces

HUDUR (Sh.M.Network)— At least 11 people have been killed in the latest clashes between Al Shabaab insurgents and Somali and Ethiopian troops in Somalia’s southern of Bakol, locals said on Tuesday.Residents told that the clashes sparked after Al Shabaab insurgents stormed the district of Hudur, 420 kilometers (260 miles) southwestern Mogadishu, where Ethiopian and Transitional...

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May 01., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force detained a Taliban leader and several subordinate insurgents during an operation in Washer district, Helmand province, today. The leader was the senior Taliban insurgent in Kajaki district, responsible for roadside bombings, suicide attacks and other operations against Afghan and coalition security forces...

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R.I.P. - Master Sgt. Scott E. Pruitt

DOD Identifies Marine Casualty            The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.            Master Sgt. Scott E. Pruitt, 38, of Gautier, Miss., died April 28 while conducting combat operations...

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Nigeria: Boko Haram - JTF Begins Massive Search in Maiduguri

Location of the four cities in north eastern Nigeria where the Boko Haram conflict took place. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) said that it had began search for suspected Boko Haram members in Maiduguri. Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, JTF spokesman, stated in a statement in Maiduguri on Sunday that "the JTF is on massive cordon...

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Four dead, 30 wounded in south Nepal blast

Left: Map showing Kathmandu and the surrounding area. Right: Kathmandu Valley (Photo credit: Wikipedia) KATHMANDU: Four people were killed and nearly 30 wounded when a bomb attached to a motorbike went off near a crowd of protesters in southern Nepal on Monday, police said. The group of 150 demonstrators in the city of Janakpur, 20 kilometres from the Indian border,...

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R.I.P. - Pfc. Christian R. Sannicolas

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Pfc. Christian R. Sannicolas, 20, Anaheim, Calif., died April 28, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan,...

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Women, children among 10 dead in violence in Afghanistan

SHARANA (PAN): At least 10 people, including two children and as many women, were killed during separate incidents of violence in several provinces over the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday.In southeastern Paktika province, two children were killed and as many others injured following a bomb explosion in the Panzakhwa area of Sarobi district, Mukhlis Afghan, the governor’s...

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Welcome Home - R.I.P. - Army Capt. Charles R. Barnes

Soldier Missing from Vietnam War Identified             The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.            ...

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