Militant attacks kill 15 in Pakistan

(Reuters) - A bomb exploded at a compound in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing nine people and wounding 20, local government and intelligence officials said. The bombing in the compound, used by a local militia and containing residential units and an office, occurred near the village of Spin Tal in the Orakzai tribal region. The Pakistan military has been conducting...

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4 civilians killed in Nangarhar roadside blast

Districts of Nangarhar Province. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) KABUL (PAN):  Four civilians were killed and two others wounded when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in eastern Nangarhar on Saturday, said an official. Khogyani district’s administrative chief Hajji Syed Rahman said the incident happened at about 10.30 am in Koz Byar area and two of the wounded were...

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6 armed insurgents killed, 1 wounded and 3 arrested by ANP (Jul.21.2012)

Publish Date: Jul 21, 2012 Six armed insurgents killed, one wounded and three arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched seven joint clearance operations in Takhar, Kandahar, Zabul, Herat, Farah and Helmand provinces. As...

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July 21., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – The Afghan Special Operations Unit, supported by coalition troops, arrested a Haqqani explosives expert during an operation in Khost district, Khost province, today. The explosives expert was responsible for constructing and emplacing improvised explosive devices used in attacks against Afghan and coalition forces in the region. He also coordinated...

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July 20., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed three insurgents, detained eight and cleared three improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, July 20. Ghazni province Afghan National Police and coalition forces found and safely cleared an IED in Ghazni district. Khowst province Afghan Border Police and...

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Al-Qaida assassinates Yemeni intelligence officer

Map by Evan Centanni. (www.polgeonow.com) SANAA, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Al-Qaida gunmen shot dead a Yemeni intelligence officer in the southern province of al-Bayda, Yemen's defence ministry said on Friday. "Officer Ghazi Saeed Abdullah of the Political Security Agency was gunned down in al-Bayda's town of Radda late on Thursday by two al-Qaida terrorists who managed to flee...

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