East Africa: Amisom Strikes Al Shabaab Training Camp

The Somalia National Army troops and their African Mission in Somalia counterparts yesterday morning launched an operation to capture al Shabaab's main training camp in Lanta-Buro in Somalia. The attack on Lantaâ-Buro, which is 40km west of Mogadishu, is expected to cripple the operations of the al Qaeda-linked insurgents and limit their ability to train recruits. The...

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District security chief murdered in Kandahar province

According to local authorities in southern Kandahar province, unknown gunmen assassinated security chief for 15th district in southern Kandahar city on Saturday. The officials further added the incident took place around 9 am local time at Deh-Khwaja area in Kandahar city while Misteri Rahmatullah security chief for 15th district of southern Kandahar city was on his way...

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40 armed insurgents killed and 28 others arrested by ANP

Publish Date: Jul 14, 2012 40 armed insurgents killed and 28 others arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched nine joint clearance operations in Bamyan, Baghlan, Kandahar, Zabul, Logar, Ghazni, Paktiya, Herat and...

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Militants gun down Shindand district mayor

HERAT CITY (PAN): A district mayor was killed by the Taliban militants while he was returning home from the mosque in the western province of Herat, an official said on Saturday. Police spokesman Noor Khan Nekzad told Pajhwok Afghan News that gunmen sprayed Shindand Mayor Abdul Salam with bullets in a bazaar of the district. He was rushed to hospital but died on the way. A...

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Suicide bomber kills top official, 22 more at Afghan wedding

Afghan officials stand at the site of attack in Samangan province July 14, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed a prominent anti-Taliban politician and 22 other guests at a wedding reception in the northern Afghan province of Samangan on Saturday, officials said. By Bashar Ahmad MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan | Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:52am BST Read more...

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July 14., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation to arrest a Taliban leader in Maidan Shahr district, Wardak province, today. The Taliban leader provides the insurgents throughout the district with the financing and weapons necessary to conduct attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. As the Afghan and coalition security force...

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July 13., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces detained five insurgents and cleared five improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, July 13. Ghazni province Afghan National Army soldiers and coalition forces detained an insurgent during an engagement in Andar District. The detained suspect was transferred to...

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July 13., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force conducted a security operation to apprehend a high-level Haqqani leader in Giyan district, Paktika province, today. During the operation, the security force was attacked by a group of armed insurgents who fired at them with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. The security force returned fire and...

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July 12., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces detained four insurgents and cleared six improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, July 12. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared an IED in Ghazni district. Nangarhar province Afghan Uniformed Police and coalition...

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R.I.P. - Spc. Sterling W. Wyatt

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Spc. Sterling W. Wyatt, 21, of Columbia, Mo., died July 11, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of...

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July 12., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan Provincial Response Company Ghazni supported by coalition forces seized a large cache of explosive materials in Ghazni district, Ghazni province Saturday. The cache consisted of more than 10,000 kilograms (22,000 pounds) of ammonium nitrate, 3,300 meters (10,827 feet) of detonation cord and 281 sticks of dynamite. The combined force destroyed...

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July 11., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition detained four insurgents, located two weapons caches and cleared six improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, July 11. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared an IED in Waghaz district. Logar province Afghan National...

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R.I.P. - SSgt.Seija, Spc.Alecksen, Spc.Williams, Pfc.Adkins, Pfc.Pardo, Pfc.Stambaugh

DOD Identifies Army Casualties             The Department of Defense announced today the death of six soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             They died July 8, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit in Maidan Shahr,...

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