9 Afghan army soldiers killed in southern Helmand province

Districts of Helmand Province. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Up to nine Afghan army soldiers were killed and seven others injured on Tuesday night when Taliban launched an attack against army checkposts in southern Helmand province, a provincial official said Wednesday. "Nine Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed and...

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4 held for plotting attack on Kabul Bank

file photo KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Interior on Wednesday said police have nabbed four suspected Taliban militants who wanted to attack a Kabul Bank branch in the capital. The four were detained while trying to identify the branch’s bank in Pul-i-Bagh Omumi in Kabul to carry out suicide attacks, said a ministry statement. The suspects are Abdul Wadood, Latif, Ashraf...

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25 armed insurgents killed, 8 wounded and 21 arrested by ANP (Jul.18.,2012.)

Publish Date: Jul 18, 2012 25 armed insurgents killed, eight wounded and 21 arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched 25 joint clearance operations in Kunar, Nangarhar, Nooristan, Baghlan, Samangan, Takhar, Kunduz,...

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R.I.P. - Spc. Sergio E. Perez Jr., Spc. Nicholas A. Taylor

DOD Identifies Army Casualties             The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             They died July 16, in Wali Kot District, Afghanistan, from injuries suffered when their...

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10 killed, 6 injured as passenger van hit by bomb in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, July 18 (Xinhua) -- At least ten people were killed and six others injured when a passenger van was hit by a bomb in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of Orakzai on Wednesday morning, reported local Urdu TV channel Express. According to the local media reports, the blast took place at about 7:00 a.m. local time when a passenger van carrying an estimated 20 people...

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11 militants killed in Somalia fighting, says military

BARADHARE (Sh. M. Network)- Somali military officials say government troops have killed 11 Al-Qaida linked Somali based militants in the latest fighting in the southwest. The officials say the fighting raged Tuesday until early Wednesday around Bardhare town in southwestern Gedo province, one of the few remaining Al shabab strongholds. Several soldiers were reportedly killed...

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22 Nato supply trucks destroyed in Afghanistan

Oil tankers, which were used to transport Nato fuel supplies to Afghanistan, are parked, in Karachi on Monday. – Photo by AP KABUL: Afghan officials say a magnetic bomb placed on a truck exploded and destroyed 22 Nato supply vehicles in northern Afghanistan.   Ghulam Sakhi Baghlani, deputy governor of Samangan province, says many of the fuel tankers and semi-trailers...

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Helicopter crash wounds 2 NATO soldiers in W. Afghanistan

KABUL, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Two NATO soldiers were injured on early Wednesday morning when a helicopter crashed in western Afghanistan, the military alliance confirmed in a statement issued here. "Two International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service members were injured following a helicopter crash in western Afghanistan today," the NATO-led ISAF said in the statement. The...

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July 18., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 18, 2012) — An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in search of Ahmadullah, a Taliban weapons expert, in Arghandab district, Kandahar province, Monday. During the operation, a group of insurgents attacked the security force with rocket propelled grenades and machine guns.  The security force returned fire and killed...

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July 17., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed six insurgents, detained three, located three weapons caches and cleared eight improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, July 17. Ghazni province A coalition airstrike killed an insurgent in Giro district in response to Afghan National Security Forces and...

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R.I.P. - Sgt. Erik N. May

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Sgt. Erik N. May, 26, of Independence, Kan., died July 14, in Ghazni province, Afghanistan.            ...

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Afghan villagers start fight against Taliban in Laghman

Districts of Laghman. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Local residents in eastern Laghman province on Tuesday announced to step up fight against the Taliban militants at Alisheng and Dawlatshah districts in this province. Chief of the local cultural youth association  Zafar Abbas said local residents started fight against Taliban militants after 2 pm local time today and...

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100 Taliban militants give up fighting in Afghanistan

(file photo) QALAI NOW, Afghanistan, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Different militants consisted of 100 Taliban fighters laid down arms and joined the government-backed peace process in Badghis province 555 km northwest of capital Kabul on Monday, spokesman for provincial administration Sharafudin Majidi said Tuesday. "Seven groups of Taliban fighters composed of 100 people gave...

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IMU eulogizes Turkish fighter killed in northern Afghanistan

Images from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan's martyrdom video for Abu Zubayr al Turki. By Karen Kaya & Bill Roggio - July 17, 2012 - LWJ The al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan eulogized a Turkish trainer who fought against the Pakistani military and was later killed during fighting in northern Afghanistan. Jundallah Studio, the propaganda arm...

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Clashes reported in eastern Nuristan province

Wama District in the Nuristan Province in Afghanistan (Photo credit: Wikipedia) According to local authorities in eastern Nuristan province heavy clashes took place between Taliban militants and Afghan security forces in Wama district in this province.Provincial governor spokesman Mohammad Zarin confirming the report said the clashes started around 12:00 local time on Tuesday...

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R.I.P. - Staff Sgt. Carl E. Hammar

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Staff Sgt. Carl E. Hammar, 24, of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., died July 14, in Khost province, Afghanistan,...

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