U.S. drone strike kills 3 al-Qaida militants in Yemen's Aden

ADEN, Yemen, June 25 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. drone strike killed three suspected al-Qaida militants on Monday in Yemen's southern port city of Aden while they were travelling on a desert road, a security official told Xinhua.The air bombing occurred near the desert area of Beer Hameed on the outskirts of Aden, and killed three suspected al-Qaida militants, including a senior...

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R.I.P. - Car. Sc. Manuele Braj (Italy)

via http://www.esercito.difesa.it An Italian soldier was killed Monday and two others were wounded in an explosion at a police training camp in Adraskan in western Afghanistan, Italy's defense ministry said. The explosion hit "an observation hut near a shooting range", the ministry said in a statement, without giving further details on what caused the blast. Manuele...

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Herat blast kills ISAF soldier, injures 2

Herat province map (Photo credit: Wikipedia) HERAT (PAN): One International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier was killed and two others injured in an explosion in the Adraskan district of western Herat province on Monday, officials said. The blast happened at around 8 am inside a police training centre in the district, police spokesman for western zone, Col....

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Six Pakistani Troops Said Killed In Cross-Border Attack By Taliban

Map showing the location of Dir District (highlighted in yellow) within the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Pakistani officials say that more than 100 Taliban fighters crossed over from Afghanistan and attacked three Pakistani military posts on June 24, killing at least six soldiers. Military officials say at least 11 of the...

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Afghan National Civil Order Police arrested 11 armed insurgents

Publish Date: Jun 25, 2012 Afghan National Civil Order Police arrested 11 armed insurgents As a result of clash between Afghan National Civil Order Police and armed insurgents, 11 armed insurgents were arrested. The incident took place in the Tarkha Nawa region, Marjah District of Helmand province, yesterday. Also, during the...

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ANP discovered two weapon caches and arrested two mine planters

Publish Date: Jun 25, 2012 Afghan National Police discovered two weapon caches and arrested two mine planters Afghan National Police launched an operation in the Dahna-e-Ghori District of Baghlan province. As a result of this operation, Afghan National Police discovered and confiscated a weapon cache consist of: 720 mortar rounds,...

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5 armed insurgents killed and 9 others arrested by ANP

Publish Date: Jun 25, 2012 Five armed insurgents killed 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 six joint clearance operations in Kabul, Laghman, Kandahar, Khost and Zabul provinces. As...

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June 24., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed five insurgents, detained one and located a weapons cache during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, June 24. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces killed three insurgent during small arms engagement in Giro district. Coalition forces also killed two insurgents...

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2 Isaf Troops, 2 Civilians Die in Kandahar Road Accident

Two foreign soldiers and two civilians were killed in a car accident in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Sunday, provincial officials said.The accident occurred on Kandahar Airport Ave when a Nato supply truck hit a military vehicle, killing two foreign soldiers and two Afghan drivers, provincial spokesman Jawid Faisal said.The International Security Assistance...

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Two Afghan children were wounded in separate incidents

Districts of Kandahar. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Two Afghan children were wounded in separateincidents in Arghandab District, Afghanistan, when one stepped on a mineand the other on an improvised explosive device, June 24.The first child lost both legs after stepping on an anti-personnel mineat approximately 10 a.m. The Afghan National Army and their...

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10 al-Qaida members escaped from Yemeni jail in Aden

ADEN, Yemen, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Ten suspected members of the al-Qaida terrorist group escaped from a heavily-guarded jail in the southern port city of Aden Sunday, a Yemeni security official said.The escapees were confirmed belonging to al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and managed to escape from the central jail in Mansoura district in Aden, the local security official...

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Grenade attack in Kenya's Mombasa kills at least one, injures seven

MOMBASA, Kenya, June 24 (Xinhua) -- At least one person was killed and seven others seriously injuries in grenade attacks in a pub in the coastal city of Mombasa on Sunday evening, police and eye witnesses have confirmed.The incident occurred at 9:45 p.m. local time, which comes a day after the U.S. government warned of an "imminent threat" of a terror attack on Mombasa...

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Nigerian troops kills 6 sea pirates in oil rich state

Bayelsa State Nigeria (Photo credit: Wikipedia) YENAGOA, Nigeria, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian troops in oil rich Bayelsa State on Sunday said they killed six suspected Sea Pirates during a gun battle on waterways.Spokesperson for the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) Lt. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu told reporters in Yenagoa, the state capital that the JTF encountered the pirates...

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More schoolgirls poisoned in Sar-i-Pul

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Dozens of Sorkhak girls’ high school students were poisoned on Sunday in the northern province of Sar-i-Pul, officials said.The incident took place at around 11am in the Sar-i-Pul city of the province but the cause of the poisoning is not known, the education director, Abdul Ghafoor Sar-i-Puli told Pajhwok Afghan News.Director of public health Dr. Mohammad...

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