Koh-i-Safi Taliban chief nabbed

Map of Afghanistan with Kapisa highlighted (Photo credit: Wikipedia) CHARIKAR/MAHMOODRAQI (PAN): Two militants were killed and a Taliban-designated district chief, along with his associate, detained in central Parwan and Kapisa provinces, the spy service said on Sunday.The National Directorate of Security in a statement said the Taliban-designated district chief for Koh-i-Safi,...

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R.I.P. - Spc. Darrion T. Hicks

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Spc. Darrion T. Hicks, 21, of Raleigh, N.C., died July 19 in Ghazni, Afghanistan, from injuries...

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At least 4 killed, 15 wounded in 3 motorcycle bombs in Iraq's Diyala

English: Diyala map (Photo credit: Wikipedia) BAQUBA, Iraq, July 23 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were killed and 15 wounded Monday in three motorcycle bomb explosions in a city in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a provincial official told Xinhua."The attacks occurred in the morning when the three explosives-laden motorcycles went off almost simultaneously at three...

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Five killed, 19 wounded in bomb attacks in Iraq's Kirkuk

KIRKUK, Iraq, July 23 (Xinhua) -- A total of five people were killed and 19 wounded in three car bombs and two bomb explosions in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk on Monday, a local police source told Xinhua.The attacks occurred almost simultaneously in the morning when one of the car bombs went off near a gas station in central Kirkuk, some 250 km north of Baghdad, the source...

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R.I.P. - Pfc. Jeffrey L. Rice

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Pfc. Jeffrey L. Rice, 24, of Troy, Ohio, died July 19, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.  He was assigned...

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Yemeni security forces detain 3 al-Qaida militants in south

ADEN, Yemen, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Yemeni security forces on Sunday evening detained three al-Qaida militants who planned for armed attacks and terrorist operations in the southern province of Lahj, a security official told Xinhua.The al-Qaida militants planned to carry out coordinated attacks on government and intelligence offices across Lahj province, the local security...

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