Badghis: District Police Chief, 5 Others Wounded in Attack

Map of Badghis Province, Afghanistan Adapted from http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/afghanis.pdf Category:Maps of Badghis Province (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A district police chief and five others policemen were wounded in a clash with insurgents in western Badghis province on Wednesday morning, local officials said.The incident took place in Muqur district...

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3 tribal elders shot dead in western Herat province

According to local authorities in western Herat province, unknown gunmen on Wednesday shot dead at least 3 local tribal elders in this province. The officials further added the incident took place at Shindand district of western Herat province today. Provincial police chief spokesman Noor Khan Nikzad said the incident took place around 6:30 am local time after unknown...

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R.I.P. - Staff Sgt. Israel P. Nuanes

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Staff Sgt. Israel P. Nuanes, 38, of Las Cruces, N.M., died May 12, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan,...

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Gunmen kidnap 15 Baghlan elders

PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): Unidentified gunmen abducted 15 local elders, whose relatives are working for various government organs, including the Afghan National Army (ANA), in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Wednesday.The residents were kidnapped a week ago from the Pul-i-Hesar district, Brig. Gen. Asadullah Sherzad, the provincial police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan...

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14 armed insurgents killed in Badakhshan and Paktiya provinces and 2 others arrested in Kandahar province

Publish Date: May 16, 2012 14 armed insurgents killed in Badakhshan and Paktiya provinces and two others arrested in Kandahar province As a result of conflict between Afghan National Border Police and armed insurgents in the Zazai Aryoub District of Paktiya province, last night at 01:30 am, nine armed insurgents were killed. Also,...

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R.I.P. - Sgt. Brian L. Walker, Pfc. Richard L. McNulty III

Sgt. Brian L. Walker, 25 (left), and Pfc. Richard L. McNulty III, 22 (right) DOD Identifies Army Casualties             The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             They died May...

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May 15., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed three insurgents and detained three suspects during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, May 15. Kunar province Coalition forces killed three insurgents in Darah Ye Pech district in response to small-arms fire. One Afghan National Army soldier died during the attack when his patrol...

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13 al-Qaida militants, 4 soldiers killed in fighting in Yemen's south

ADEN, Yemen, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Intensive fighting occurred between government forces and al-Qaida militants Wednesday morning in Yemen's southern province of Abyan, leaving at least four soldiers and 13 terrorists killed, a government official told Xinhua.Dozens of al-Qaida militants launched an armed attack to regain control over bastions seized by government forces in...

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12 killed, 55 injured in attacks in Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Twelve people were killed and 55 others injured Tuesday in gunfire and bomb attacks, including a suicide car bombing, across Iraq, the police said. The deadliest attack occurred in Iraq's northern Nineveh province in the afternoon when a suicide bomber drove his explosive-laden tanker into the entrance of an Iraqi army base in al-Tanak neighborhood...

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US drone strikes kill 7 AQAP fighters, 8 civilians in Yemen

By Bill Roggio - May 15, 2012 - LWJ The US launched two drone strikes today in a city in southern Yemen that is currently under the control of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Seven AQAP fighters and eight civilians are reported to have been killed in the airstrikes. The first strike targeted "a militant hideout" in Jaar, a city...

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Kenya: One Dead in Mombasa Restaurant Grenade Attack

Mombasa — A woman has died after a grenade attack in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, police said Wednesday, a day after armed men opened fire and threw explosives into into a restaurant. "We lost one of the victims, a lady who was a security guard at the club, she died in hospital," regional police chief Aggrey Adoli said. Three others wounded in the attack are...

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18 armed insurgents killed and 3 others arrested by ANP

Publish Date: May 16, 2012 18 armed insurgents killed and three others arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched 17 joint clearance operations in Kabul, Nangarhar, Kunduz, Helmand, Nimroz, Uruzgan, Logar, Paktiya...

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Karachi: One killed, seven injured in grenade attack in Qaidabad

KARACHI: Unknown miscreants hurled hand grenades at a local restaurant in Qaidabad area of the metropolis that killed one man and injured seven others on Wednesday, Geo News reported. According to police sources, unidentified men attacked a hotel in Qaidabad with hand grenades and fled from the scene. The attack killed one person and wounded seven others including...

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NATO airstrike kills 9 insurgents in Paktiya

BAGRAM (PAN):  Nine insurgents involved in planting an improvised explosive device (IED) were killed by Afghan National Security (ANSF) and NATO forces during an operation in Jaji district in Paktiya province. The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed in a statement that the nine insurgents were killed and their remains handed over to local authorities. The...

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Taliban leader arrested in Nad-e-Ali district

According to a statement released by NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, Afghan and coalition security force detained a Taliban leader during an operation in Nad ‘Ali district, Helmand province.The leader plans and directs roadside bombings and other attacks against Afghan and coalition security forces in central Helmand. Earlier this month, the leader was...

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Insurgents killed in airstrike while emplanting IED

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security and NATO forces killed several insurgents, after being engaged with small arms fire during an operation in the Jaji district of Paktiya province overnight. The engagement is part of a larger operation launched by Afghan National Security Forces May 14, 2012 to destroy Taliban hideouts in the district. Azad Khan, governor...

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May 16., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (May 16) — An Afghan and coalition security force detained a Taliban leader during an operation in Nad ‘Ali district, Helmand province, today. The leader plans and directs roadside bombings and other attacks against Afghan and coalition security forces in central Helmand. Earlier this month, the leader was responsible for an attack on an Afghan...

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R.I.P. - Corporal Brent John McCarthy, Lance Corporal Lee Thomas Davies

Corporal Brent John McCarthy, Royal Air Force, and Lance Corporal Lee Thomas Davies, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards [Pictures: via MOD] It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Corporal Brent John McCarthy, from the Royal Air Force, and Lance Corporal Lee Thomas Davies, from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday 12...

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