US Navy helicopter with 5 crew crashes in Oman

English: PERSIAN GULF (April 16, 2007) - An MH-53E Sea Dragon assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron (HM) 15 conducts a mine sweeping exercise.  U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Edward G. Martens (RELEASED) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) WASHINGTON, July 19 (Xinhua) -- An MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter crashed near Oman on Thursday while...

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Construction project site attacked in Kapisa province

According to local authorities in eastern Kapisa province of Afghanistan, at least three people were killed and four others were injured following an explosion in this province. The officials further added the incident took place in a construction site of water dam in this province. Chief of the provincial council Shaista Jan Ahadi said the professional staff of the construction...

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68 military machine guns lost

Dozens of British military machine guns were lost on the way to Afghanistan, official figures have revealed. Since 2010 some 68 machine guns, 25 rifles, 16 pistols and a shotgun have been reported as lost or stolen, including weapons which went missing in operational theatres. The figures revealed 59 machine guns were lost during transit to Afghanistan in 2010, although...

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One soldier killed, 3 wounded in clashes with PKK in east Turkey

Location of Gürpınar (District), Van within Turkey. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) ANKARA, July 18 (Xinhua) -- One soldier of the Turkish security forces was confirmed dead and three others were wounded in clashes with members of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, local Dogan News Agency reported.A group of PKK members opened fire Wednesday...

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July 19., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation to detain a Taliban leader in Andar district, Ghazni province, today. The leader controls several insurgents and directs improvised explosive device attacks against Afghan and coalition forces throughout the district. The operation resulted in the detention of several suspected insurgents. In...

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July 18., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed six insurgents, detained six and cleared two improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, July 18. Ghazni province Afghan National Police and coalition forces killed two insurgents during a small arms engagement in Rashidan district. Afghan National Police...

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Car bomb kills police officer in Yemen's Aden

ADEN, Yemen, July 19 (Xinhua) -- A high-ranking police officer was killed after a bomb attached to his car went off Thursday morning in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, a government official told Xinhua. Col. Abdullah Mouzay, security director of Sheikh Othman district in Aden, was killed in Cairo neighborhood by a magnetic bomb attached to his car while he was driving...

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Faryab: 8 Civilians Killed in Roadside Mine Blast

At least eight Afghan civilians were killed in a roadside mine blast in northern Faryab province on Thursday morning, local officials said. Seven other civilians were wounded in the blast. The landmine exploded at 6:00am in Faryab's Pashtun Kot district when a police vehicle was passing by, provincial's police chief Abdul Khaliq Aqsai said. It appears to have been...

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Israel confirms attack on citizens in Bulgaria, says ‘all signs lead to Iran’

Israel on Wednesday confirmed that its citizens were targeted in an attack on tourists at Bulgaria’s Burgas airport, which Bulgarian officials said killed three people. However, Al Arabiya correspondent put the number at seven killed and 35 injured, mostly Israelis, including 3 in critical condition. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran for the deadly attack on...

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Mali militants release Spanish, Italian hostages

Two al Qaeda-linked rebel policemen, among them Ivorian Ahmed El Guedir (L), patrol in the streets of Gao, northern Mali, on July 16, 2012.— Photo by AFP BAMAKO: An al Qaeda-linked jihadist group based in northern Mali said Wednesday it had freed three European hostages who were kidnapped in western Algeria last October. “Consider them freed, because our conditions were...

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Deadly blast kill 15 Afghan civilians in Faryab province

Districts of Faryab. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) According to local authorities in northern Faryab province, a number of Afghan civilians were killed or injured following a roadside bomb blast in this province. The officials further added the incident took place after a civilian mini bus struck with a roadside bomb at Pashtun Kot area early Thursday morning. Provincial...

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100 militants killed in Ghazni, Paktika

GARDEZ (PAN): Up to 100 Taliban militants have been killed during a two-week security operation in southern Ghazni and southeastern Paktika provinces, an official said on Wednesday.The joint offensive codenamed “Dragon”, launched on July 2, concluded on Wednesday, the 203rd Thunder Military Corps commander in Paktia, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Sharif Yaftali, told a news conference...

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