Suspected suicide bomber arrested in Nigerian capital city

ABUJA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- A suspected suicide bomber was arrested by police in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Monday afternoon, according to the Abuja Radio House. Local sources told Xinhua that the suspected bomber was caught with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at the Abuja Radio House, where the Federal Ministry of Information is situated. The Radio House also plays...

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video of the today suicide attack in Yemen military parade

video is on the bottom of the page from BBC: At least 63 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack during a rehearsal for a military parade in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, officials say. The assailant, who was reportedly wearing army uniform, blew himself up among a group of soldiers at al-Sabin Square, near the presidential palace. An al-Qaeda source told the...

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Five private guards killed in Zabul blast

QALAT (PAN): Five guards of a private security company were killed on Monday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Shahr-i-Safa district of southern Zabul province, an official said. The bombing occurred in the afternoon, said Khadi Khan, the town’s administrative head. The guards were escorting a convoy of vehicles carrying supplies for NATO-led troops. Security...

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5 armed insurgents killed and 14 others arrested by ANP

Publish Date: May 21, 2012 Five armed insurgents killed and 14 others arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism:During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched seven joint clearance operations in Kabul, Parwan, Kandahar, Helmand and Zabul provinces. As a result of these...

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Suicide bombing attacks Yemeni security soldiers, 50 killed

SANAA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Several suicide bombers blew themselves up among security soldiers who were practising for a military parade in Yemen's capital of Sanaa on Monday, killing some 50 people, police officials said. Police officials told Xinhua that at least 50 soldiers were killed after a number of suicide bombers targeted the soldiers in al-Sabeen square, a few meters...

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Clash leaves Afghan police dead, wounds 3

TRINKOT, Afghanistan, May 21 (Xinhua) -- A police constable was killed and three others sustained injuries as gun battle erupted with Taliban militants in Uruzgan province 370 km south of capital Kabul on Monday, police spokesman in the province said."The clash erupted in Albakan village outside provincial capital Trinkot city this morning when Taliban rebels opened fire...

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11 Taliban insurgents killed in operations in Afghanistan

KABUL, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Up to 11 Taliban insurgents have been killed in joint Afghan forces and NATO-led coalition troops operations within the past 24 hours elsewhere in the country, authorities said on Monday."Afghan National Police (ANP), Afghan National Army, NDS or Afghan intelligence agency and Coalition Forces launched seven joint cleanup operations in Kabul, Parwan,...

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May 21., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed six insurgents during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, May 20. Kunar province Afghan National Army soldiers, Afghan Local Police and coalition forces killed six insurgents during an engagement in Kamdesh district. One ALP was wounded during the engagement, but was medically treated...

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May 21., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan and coalition security force detained a Taliban facilitator during an operation in Zharay district, Kandahar province, today. The facilitator supplied insurgents in the district with weapons, ammunition and equipment for attacks against Afghan and coalition troops. He also coordinated suicide bombings and indirect fire attacks against...

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26 including security personnel killed in Farah

FARAH CITY (PAN): Twenty  Taliban fighters and six security personnel were killed during a four-day operation by Afghan soldiers and police in the southwestern province of Farah, officials said on Sunday. Fifteen insurgents and three security officials were wounded  during the offensive in Bala Baluk district, the deputy police chief, Col. Mohammad Ghaus Malyar,...

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