July 06., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces confirmed today that the Lashkar-e-Taiba insurgent leader Ammar was killed during an airstrike in Watahpur district, Kunar province, June 29.

Ammar, managed a network of insurgents and directed attacks against Afghan and coalition forces throughout the province.

The precision airstrike that killed Ammar also killed the LeT leader Khatab Shafiq and several other armed insurgents.

A follow-on assessment confirmed the airstrike had not injured any civilians and had not damaged any civilian property.

In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan:

South

An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in search of a Taliban improvised explosive device expert in Ghorak district, Kandahar province, today. The expert constructs improvised explosive devices and supplies them to Taliban leaders throughout the region for use in attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. The security force detained multiple suspected insurgents as a result of this operation.

East

In Terayzai district, Khost province, an Afghan and coalition security force conducted a search operation for a Haqqani leader today. The Haqqani leader plans and coordinates attacks against the Afghan government throughout the province. The security force detained several suspected insurgents and seized one firearm and multiple grenades during the operation.

An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in search of a Taliban bomb maker in Khugyani district, Nangarhar province, today. The Taliban bomb maker plans and coordinates attacks against Afghan and coalition forces throughout the region. The security force detained two suspected insurgents as a result of this operation.

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July 05., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed four insurgents, detained one, located two weapons caches and cleared nine improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, July 5.

Ghazni province
Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared four IEDs, two in Ghazni district, one in Khwaia Omari district and one in Gelan district.

Afghan National Army soldiers and coalition forces detained one insurgent during an engagement in Andar district. The detained suspect was transferred to a base for questioning.

Afghan Uniformed Police and coalition forces discovered a weapons cache in Ab Band district. The cache contained items used to create improvised explosive devices.

Kunar province
Afghan National Army soldiers and coalition forces killed one insurgent during an engagement in Darah Ye Pech district.

Logar province
Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared an IED in Pul-E Alam district.

Nangarhar province
Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared four IEDs, two in La’L Pur district, one in Chapahar district and one in Achin district.

Paktika province
Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces killed one insurgent during an engagement in Orgun district.

Wardak province
Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces discovered a weapons cache in Maidan Shahr district. The cache contained grenades and mortar rounds being used for improvised explosive devices.

Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces killed two insurgents during an engagement in Sayyidabad district. The insurgents were found with IED making materials, small arms and ammunition.

Operations in RC-East are still ongoing.

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Kenya: We Will Hunt You Down, Kibaki Tells Al Shabaab

Nairobi — President Mwai Kibaki vowed on Thursday that the government would hunt down all its enemies and stop at nothing to ensure the country's security is safeguarded.

The Head of State said his government has mobilised all the necessary resources and manpower to hunt down terrorist groups and criminal gangs destabilising the country.

President Mwai Kibaki announced that his government will stop at nothing to ensure the country's security is safeguarded and vowed the war on Al Shabaab militants in Somalia will continue.

"We will not relent in the pursuit of the country's enemies," he pledged as he opened the Nakuru Agricultural Show.

Acting Internal Security Minister Yusuf Haji had announced Thursday that more vehicles and extra officers had been deployed to North Eastern Province which has become the worst hit by terrorists lately.

Emphasising that peace and security remained key ingredients of the country's development agenda, the Head of State asserted that the government will do everything possible to safeguard citizens and their property.

"We will not be intimidated by terror attacks on innocent civilians aimed at spreading fear and panic," he said.

Stressing that the war the country's defense forces embarked on targeted agents of terror, President Kibaki appealed to Kenyans to work closely with the government and guard against being divided along religious lines.

On Sunday, 17 people were killed in twin attacks at the AIC and Catholic Churches in Garissa, in what is blamed on Al Shabaab militants who have already claimed responsibility.

Said the President, "We will complete the work we began in stabilising the neighbouring state of Somalia. We owe it to ourselves and the people of Somalia."

Kenya sent its troops and tanks into Somalia last October to push the militants deep inside Somalia after a series of kidnappings of both locals and foreigners from Kenyan soil.

The Kenyan forces have since been re-hatted into the African Union mission (AMISOM) and are advancing towards the port of Kismayu, a key stronghold of the militants.

On Thursday, Kenya signed a protocol with the Sierra Leonian government on ways of cooperating in the Somalia war at Sector II in Southern Somalia.

The formal re-hatting exercise will be carried out on Friday at the Kenyan Defense forces headquarters in Nairobi and will be attended by all military chiefs from AMISOM countries.


from allAfrica / CapitalFM
By Bernard Momanyi and PPS, 5 July 2012

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Four insurgents killed, IEDs defused

KABUL (PAN): Afghan and coalition forces killed four insurgents, located two weapons caches and cleared nine improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during operations in eastern Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, the US military said on Friday.

A joint force found and defused four IEDs -- two in Ghazni City, one in Khwaja Omari district and one in Gilan, a statement from the Bagram Airbase. One insurgent, detained during an engagement in Andar district, was transferred to a base for questioning.

Elsewhere in Ghazni, Afghan Uniformed Police and coalition forces discovered a weapons cache, containing items used to create improvised explosive devices, in Aab Band district.

In the east, Afghan soldiers and coalition forces killed one fighter in the Pech Dara district of Kunar province. In neighbouring Nangarhar, two IEDs were cleared in Lalpura district, one in Chaparhar and one in Achin.

A combined force killed one fighter during an engagement in the Orgun district of southeastern Paktika province, the statement added. Another two rebels were killed in the Syedabad district of Maidan Wardak province.

from Pajhwok
by Pajhwok Report on Jul 6, 2012 - 11:25

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