Suicide Attack at Kandahar University

Monday, 02 July 2012 19:48 Written by TOLOnews.com A suicide bomber detonated a car strapped with explosives in front of Kandahar University on Monday evening, killing at least seven people and injuring 23 others, local officials said.The Toyota Corolla used in the attack was in a parking area for cars in front of the university which is in the southern Kandahar province's...

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Yemen security forces foil plot to carry out 10 suicide bombings in Sana’a

Yemeni security forces have foiled a plot to carry out 10 suicide bombings against government buildings in the capital Sana’a, the defense ministry’s news website reported on Monday.A wave of arrests targeting a suspected al-Qaeda cell held responsible for a May attack that killed more than 100 soldiers in the capital netted the 10 militants charged with carrying out the...

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30 armed insurgents killed, 2 wounded and 14 others arrested by ANP

Publish Date: Jul 02, 2012 30 armed insurgents killed, two wounded and 14 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 Kabul, Helmand, Maidan Wardak and Ghazni provinces. ...

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Two bomb planters die by own explosives in Wardak

Map of Afghanistan with Maidan Wardak highlighted (Photo credit: Wikipedia) KABUL (PAN): Two bomb planters were killed by their own explosives in the central province of Maidan Wardak, an official said on Monday.The explosion occurred at 11:00 pm when the militants wanted to plant a roadside bomb in the Badam area of Narkh district, the governor’s spokesman, Shahidullah...

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July 02., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – In Deh Rawud district, Uruzgan province, elements of the 2nd Afghan National Civil Order Police, supported by coalition forces, discovered a cache of drugs yesterday. The cache contained 15,300 kilograms (33,660 pounds) of hashish. During the operation the police arrested three people suspected of being involved in the drugs trade and destroyed...

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July 01., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed 18 insurgents and detained four during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, July 01. Paktika province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces responded when an insurgent self-detonated an improvised explosive, killing himself in the process, in Yosuf Khel district. Once...

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Military rescues kidnapped aid workers in Somalia

NAIROBI, Jul 2 – Four foreign aid workers kidnapped in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp were released overnight in southern Somalia after a short gunfight, and were safe with the Kenyan army, officials said Monday. “They are safe in our hands, they have been freed,” Kenyan army spokesman Cyrus Oguna told AFP, adding that the two men and two women seized on Friday were...

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Three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan

A Military Operations news article 2 Jul 12 It is with the deepest sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that three soldiers were killed in Afghanistan yesterday, Sunday 1 July 2012. Two soldiers serving with the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and one serving with the Royal Corps of Signals were killed in an incident at Check Point Kamparack Pul in Nahr-e-Saraj,...

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R.I.P. - Lt. Col. Roy L. Tisdale

FORT BRAGG, N.C., July 1, 2012 - The soldier who was shot and killed here June 28 has been identified as Army Lt. Col. Roy L. Tisdale, commander of the 525th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, according to installation officials.Tisdale, 42, of Alvin, Texas, was shot by a member of his battalion during a safety briefing near the unit's...

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Commanders among 32 rebels killed in Farah clash

Map of Afghanistan showing Farah Province. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) FARAH CITY (PAN): Thirty-two militants, including three commanders, were killed during a fierce gun-battle with security forces in the Gulistan district of western Farah province late on Sunday, an official said.The gun-battle broke out after a large group of insurgents ambushed the security forces in...

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'Green on blue' attack in Afghanistan claims 3 coalition soldiers

(Photo credit: The U.S. Army) KABUL, Afghanistan — Three coalition soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Sunday when a man wearing an Afghan police uniform turned his weapon against them, coalition officials said. The incident appears to be the latest in a series of "green on blue" attacks on international forces by their Afghan partners. The International...

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