9 armed insurgents killed, 2 wounded and 9 others arrested by ANP

Publish Date: May 27, 2012 Nine armed insurgents killed, two wounded 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 four joint clearance operations in Kapisa, Kandahar, Maidan Wardak and Khost provinces. ...

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Six injured as grenade attacks rock northern Kenya

Map of Garissa district in Kenya (Photo credit: Wikipedia) GARISSA, Kenya, May 26 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were injured in two simultaneous grenade attacks suspected to have been carried out by Somali Al-Shabaab in two border districts in Kenya' s northern region bordering the war-ravaged Somalia.The attacks in Ifo 1 in Dadaab refugee complex in Garissa County and...

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At least 22 militants killed in Yemeni fighting

(Reuters) - At least 22 Islamist militants were killed in overnight clashes and an air strike in southern Yemen, where government troops are fighting rebels linked to al Qaeda, a local official and residents said on Sunday. Around 15 of the dead were killed in fighting north of the militant stronghold of Jaar, a town in Abyan province that has been controlled by the militants...

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Afghan official: NATO airstrike kills 8 family members

Districts of Paktia Province (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suspected NATO airstrike killed eight civilians -- including six children -- in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial spokesman said. The airstrike took place Saturday night in Paktia province, said Rohullah Samoon, spokesman for the governor of Paktia. He said an entire family was killed...

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Two civilians killed, one wounded in Helmand province

Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Independent Departments of the Local Governance Office of the Provincial Governor of Helmand Helmand's Provincial Media Office   No: 0064 - News Release - Date: 2012-05-27   IED explosion killed innocent civilians in Helmand   Sunday 27th may; two civilians were killed and one other wounded as a result...

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May 27., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation to detain a senior Taliban leader in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, today. The leader is the senior Taliban insurgent in Marjeh district and manages multiple insurgent cells in the area. He directs suicide bombings and other attacks against Afghan and coalition troops throughout...

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5 people killed in Iraq's violence

BAGHDAD, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and four others injured on Saturday in separate bomb and gunfire attacks in Iraq, the police said.In Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, three soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in Badosh area, just west of the provincial capital city of Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad, a provincial...

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R.I.P. - Pfc. Cale C. Miller

DOD Identifies Army Casualty            The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Pfc. Cale C. Miller, 23, of Overland Park, Kan, died May 24, in Maiwand, Afghanistan, of injuries...

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5 militants killed, 6 security personnel hurt in Helmand

LASHKARGAH (PAN): At least 16 people, including civilians, militants, Afghan and foreign soldiers, were killed and wounded during a spate of violence across southern Helmand province, officials said on Saturday.Five Taliban militants were killed during an operation by Afghan and foreign troops in the Nahr-i-Saraj area of Greshk district, police spokesman, Farid Ahmad Farhang,...

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Rocket attacks kill two injure 13 in Quetta

QUETTA: Two people were killed and at least 13 others injured on Saturday amid rocket attacks in different parts of the violence-hit provincial capital of Balochistan, DawnNews reported.According to police, at least two rockets were fired from Quetta’s adjoining areas. The first attack shattered a local shop completely in Qandahari Bazar and killed two people.Meanwhile the...

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R.I.P. - Cpl. Keaton G. Coffey

(Photo from Keaton Coffey's Facebook page) DOD Identifies Marine Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Cpl. Keaton G. Coffey, 22, of Boring, Ore., died...

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