June 12., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update

it looks like this is the Jun.10. Sunday morning update: Date Taken:06.10.2012 Date Posted:06.12.2012 11:56 KABUL, Afghanistan (Jun. 12) — A combined Afghan and coalition security force seized and destroyed an active narcotics processing facility during an operation in Baghran district, Helmand province Sunday. The combined force recovered 20 kilograms of...

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June 12., 2012. - RC Southwest Operational Update

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - A local national was shot by insurgents and died of gunshot wounds to his chest in the Nahr-e-Saraj District of Helmand, June 12. A local national in the Kajaki district of Helmand stepped on an improvised explosive device and was brought to an ISAF location by his cousin. He later died from his injuries. Twenty insurgents from...

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Kenya's Raila Odinga wants EU to attack Somalia's al-Shabab Islamists

Kenya's prime minister has asked for help from the US and Europe in a "final onslaught" on the Somali port of Kismayo, the main stronghold of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab. Raila Odinga said Kenyan forces would get to Kismayo by August and asked for both funds and troops. He said beating al-Shabab would need "an operation by land, sea and air". from BBC News,...

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Yemeni army takes over al-Qaida stronghold in restive south

Yemen conflict map by Evan Centanni ADEN, Yemen, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The Yemeni army managed on Tuesday to recapture the al-Qaida-held town of Jaar in Yemen's southern province of Abyan, a significant victory against the terrorist group after more than one month fierce battles, the defense ministry said.The army forces backed by pro-government militiamen have managed to...

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Al-Qaeda: Germans caused engineer death

Al-Qaeda's north African branch has blamed the German government for the recent death of a hostage in a botched rescue raid in Nigeria, and warned Berlin to improve its treatment of Muslims. from thelocal.de Published: 12 Jun 12 08:49 CET  The US-based SITE monitoring service, which tracks jihadi websites, said on Tuesday that Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)...

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2 suicide bombers killed by their own bombs

Districts of Paktika Province (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Two suicide bombers killed in Paktika province Publish Date: Jun 12, 2012 Two suicide bombers riding a motorcycle, killed by their own explosives before reaching to their targets in the Barmal District of Paktika...

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Suicide attack leaves two civilians killed in Balkh province, Afghanistan

Districts of Balkh. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Publish Date: Jun 12, 2012 Suicide attack leaves two civilians killed in Balkh province A suicide bomber riding a bicycle blew himself up in the Chahar Bolak District bazaar, Balkh province, today at 10:00 a.m. As a result, two civilians were killed including a child and five Afghan...

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Nigeria: Gunmen Kill 27, Injure Eight in Zamfara

Zamfara State Nigeria (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Gusau — No fewer than 27 people, including a policeman, were, yesterday, feared dead while eight others were injured during a reprisal attack by gunmen who had unleashed mayhem in Dangulbi town, a district of Dansadau Emirate in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Vanguard gathered that the reprisal attack on the...

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Suicide attack kills security guards in Pakistan

PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber targeted an anti-Taliban tribal elder in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing two of his security guards and wounding two others, police said.The attack took place in Bazidkhel village on the outskirts of Peshawar a day after a bomb hidden in a toy killed a mother and wounded three young children in the Nasir Bagh area on the edge of the city.The...

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6 killed in blast along Kabul-Kandahar road

Ghazni City (PAN): Six people and three others were injured in a roadside bomb blast on Tuesday morning along the Kabul-Kandahar Highway in the Salar area of Saidabad district in Maidan Wardak province.Governor’s spokesperson Shahidullah Said told Pajhwok Afghan News that the passenger car was travelling from Kabul to Ghazni Province when it hit a roadside bomb at about...

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30 armed insurgents killed by ANP

Publish Date: Jun 12, 2012 30 armed insurgents killed by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched six joint clearance operations in Baghlan, Kandahar, Zabul, Logar and Ghazni provinces. As a result of these operations,...

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3 al-Qaida senior members killed by Yemeni warplanes

Location of the governorate of Abyan, in Yemen (Photo credit: Wikipedia) ADEN, Yemen, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Three senior members of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch were killed Monday when warplanes struck their vehicle in the southern province of Abyan, a security official said.The warplanes hit a vehicle carrying three commanders of the al- Qaida terrorist group while...

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R.I.P. - Sergeant-Chief Stéphane Prudhom, Chief Warrant Officer Thierry Serrat, Sergeant Pierre-Olivier Lumineau, Brigadier Yoann Marcillan

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 command.  Read more: http://sgt-jim.blogspot.com/2012/06/four-french-soldiers-killed-in-afghan.html France...

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June 11., 2012. - RC-East Operational Update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces detained 12 insurgents during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, June 11. Ghazni province Afghan National Police and coalition forces detained 12 insurgents during an engagement in Ghazni district. The detainees were transported to a base for questioning. Operations in RC-East are still...

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