3 Taliban bomb-making experts detained in S. Afghanistan: official

English: Cropped version of a larger map to show detail around Lashkar Gah (Photo credit: Wikipedia) LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Three Taliban bomb- making experts have been detained by Afghan forces in southern Helmand province, an official said on Saturday. "The personnel of National Directorate of Security (NDS) carried out a special operation...

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Four policemen gunned down in Quetta

QUETTA - At least four policemen were killed when undefined gun men opened fire at them here on Saturday morning. According to details, two armed motorcyclists shot at policemen while they were patrolling the railway track in the Sariyab Road area. The firing killed all four policemen on the spot. The attackers managed to flee from the scene after committing...

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R.I.P. - Capt. Scott P. Pace, 1st Lt. Mathew G. Fazzari

DOD Identifies Army Casualties             The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             They died June 6, in Qarah Bagh, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when their helicopter crashed. ...

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NDS arrests senior Taliban leader and 14 others linked to school poisonings

By LWJ Staff - June 8, 2012 - LongWarJournal In the wake of the seventh suspected poison attack against a girls' school in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province since mid-April, the Afghan National Security Directorate (NDS) yesterday announced the arrest of 15 suspects linked to the attacks. NDS spokesman Lutfullah Mashal said that officials have arrested Qair Khalilullah,...

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11 militants killed in operations in Afghanistan: gov't

KABUL, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Up to 11 Taliban militants were killed in cleanup operations in different Afghan provinces within the past 24 hours, the country's Interior Ministry said on Saturday."Afghan police, army, intelligence agency and NATO-led Coalition Forces launched eight joint cleanup operations in Helmand, Zabul, Ghazni, Paktika, Herat and Farah provinces, killing...

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Nigeria: Suicide Bomber Kills 6 At Borno Police Headquarters

It was another sad day in Maiduguri, Borno State yesterday as bomb explosions rocked part of the town resulting in the death of seven persons.One of the explosions was at the Borno State Police headquarters where a suicide bomber made a dash on it and got six persons killed including two policemen and four civilians.A police source said the suicide car bomber believed to...

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Four French soldiers killed in Afghan east on Saturday

Kapisa districts (Photo credit: Wikipedia) (Reuters) - Insurgents in Afghanistan killed four French soldiers and wounded another five on Saturday, one of the deadliest attacks on the French contingent in months, as violence escalates across the country. The raid occurred in mountainous Kapisa province in the east which is mainly patrolled by a French force under NATO...

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