Nigeria's Boko Haram claims responsibility for northern village attacks

ABUJA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The dreaded Boko Haram sect known for carrying out various deadly attacks in the northern parts of Nigeria and the west African country's capital city Abuja on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the killing of over 90 villagers including two lawmakers of different levels in central north Plateau State last weekend. In a statement made available...

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Bomb kills 3, wounds 14 in Baghdad - sources

(Reuters) - A bomb in a bus killed three people and wounded 14 in Baghdad, hospital and police sources said on Tuesday, the latest attack to raise fears of a return to sectarian violence in Iraq. The explosion occurred in Sadr City, a Shi'ite district in northeastern Baghdad, the sources said. International mediator Kofi Annan is in a separate, heavily fortified part of...

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R.I.P. - Cpl. Juan P. Navarro

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Cpl. Juan P. Navarro, 23, of Austin, Texas, died July 7, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, when he was...

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R.I.P. - Spc. Jonathan Batista

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Spc. Jonathan Batista, 22, of Kinnelon, N.J., died July 8, in Zharay, Kandahar province, Afghanistan,...

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R.I.P. - Staff Sgt. Raul M. Guerra

DOD Identifies Army Casualty            The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.            Staff Sgt. Raul M. Guerra, 37, of Union City, N.J., died July 4, in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan.           ...

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28 armed insurgents killed, 1 wounded and 31 arrested by ANP

Publish Date: Jul 10, 2012 28 armed insurgents killed, one wounded and 31 arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched 10 joint clearance operations in Kunar, Baghlan, Samangan, Kunduz, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Zabul, Ghazni,...

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Taliban destroy UN food trucks in Faryab

MAIMANA (PAN): Taliban fighters torched two trucks carrying food stuff for the World Food Programme (WFP) and killed one their drivers in the northern province of Faryab, officials said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning in the Narin area between Qaisar and Almar districts of the province, provincial police chief Brig. Gen. Abdul Khaliq Aqsai told Pajhwok...

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Local residents clash with Taliban in eastern Afghanistan

According to local authorities in eastern Paktiya and Nuristan provinces of Afghanistan local residents resisted against hundreds of Taliban militants and forced to pull back from these provinces. Paktiya deputy provincial governor Abdul Rahman Mangal said around 400 Taliban militants attacked Mirazka district in this province early Monday morning around 2 am. Mr. Mangal...

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July 10., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force detained two Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leaders in Kunduz district, Kunduz province, Saturday. The detained IMU leaders were directly involved in the construction of improvised explosive devices and their use in insurgent attacks in and around central Kunduz. Both leaders are associated with senior IMU...

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July 09., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed eight insurgents, detained three and cleared six improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, July 9. Ghazni province A coalition airstrike killed an insurgent in Muqer district in response to Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces receiving...

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