Police killed in eastern Afghanistan blast

Tagab District (in Green) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Second suicide attack in as many weeks kills four police in Kapisa, including group commander of local police force. A suicide bomber has detonated himself in eastern Afghanistan killing four police officers and five civilians.Witnesses told Al Jazeera that local police appeared to be the target of Monday's attack in...

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15 armed insurgents killed, 2 wounded and 6 others arrested by ANP

Publish Date: Jun 18, 2012 15 armed insurgents killed, two wounded and six others arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched 14 joint clearance operations in Nangarhar, Baghlan, Faryab, Sar-e-Pul, Kandahar,...

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Suicide bombing kills Yemen's southern army commander

Map by Evan Centanni. (www.polgeonow.com) ADEN, Yemen, June 18 (Xinhua) -- A commander of Yemen's southern military region was killed Monday morning in a suicide bombing that targeted his convoy in the southern port city of Aden, a police officer told Xinhua.A suicide bomber blew himself up at the convoy of high-ranking military officials, killing Maj. Gen. Salim Ali Qatan,...

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Rebels blown up by own bombs

Districts of Farah. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) FARAH CITY (PAN): Two Taliban bomb planters were killed by their own explosives in the Pusht-i-Rod district of the western province of Farah, officials said on Monday.The incident occurred on Sunday evening when the militants were planting a bomb on a road in the Karez Doghi area of the district, the governor’s spokesman, Abdul...

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Three killed, 35 injured in Iraq's violence

BAGHDAD, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and 35 injured in separate bomb attacks in west and north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Sunday, the police said.A roadside bomb went off in central the city of Fallujah, some 50 km west of Baghdad, killing a child and wounding three civilians, a local police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.In a separate...

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Afghan army officer killed by fellow soldier in Kunar

According to local authorities in eastern Kunar province, an Afghan national army officer was shot dead by another Afghan army soldier in this province.The officials further added the incident took place in Sarkan district on Sunday.Provincial governor spokesman Wasifullah Wasifi confirming the report said the assailant Afghan soldier was originally a resident of north-eastern...

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Local Taliban commander killed in Parwan province

Districts of Parwan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Afghan interior ministry following a statement on Monday announced, a local Taliban commander was killed following a military operation in northern Parwan province.The source further added the operation was conducted by Afghan local police forces at Ghorband district in this province on Monday morning.Afghan interior ministry...

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4 killed, 52 injured as school bus hit by bomb in SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, June 18 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were killed and 52 others injured when a roadside planted bomb hit a school bus in Pakistan's southwest city of Quetta on Monday morning, said hospital and police sources. A damaged school bus is seen at the blast site in southwest Pakistan's Quetta, June 18, 2012. (Xinhua/Mohammad) Local TV channel Express quoted hospital...

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R.I.P. - Sgt. Joseph M. Lilly, Spc. Trevor A. Pinnick

DOD Identifies Army Casualties             The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             They died in Panjwa`l, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents...

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