11 local policemen defect to Taliban

LASHKARGAH (PAN): Eleven members of the local police force, including a commander, surrendered to Taliban insurgents in the Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province, officials said on Monday. Commander Mohammad Khan also turned in 11 Kalashnikovs assault rifles and two machine guns to the militants late on Sunday, the district chief, Niamatullah Zamaray, told Pajhwok...

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Suicide blast kill district security chief in Ghor province

According to local authorities in western Ghor province of Afghanistan, a number of provincial governor officials were killed following a suicide bomb blast in this province. The officials further added district security chief for Chaharsada Gul Ahmad was killed and district development chief along with operations director were injured following the blast. Provincial governor...

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6 armed Taliban killed, 3 wounded and 8 arrested by ANP (Aug.06.2012.)

Publish Date: Aug 06, 2012 Six armed Taliban killed, three wounded and eight arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched four joint clearance operations in Logar, Ghazni and Herat provinces. As a result of these operations,...

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Aug. 06., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces conducted an operation to find the Haqqani leader Hakimi in Muhammad Aghah district, Logar province, yesterday. Hakimi served directly under the Haqqani leader for Muhammad Aghah and was directly involved in the transport of explosives and weapons to insurgent throughout the region. During the operation the security...

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Aug. 06., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan (Aug. 6, 2012) – Afghan and coalition forces killed two insurgents, detained 15, located one weapons cache and cleared six improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Aug. 5. Ghazni province Afghan National Army soldiers and coalition forces found and safely cleared two improvised explosive...

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Kiwi soldiers killed in Afghanistan named

LCPL Pralli Durrer (L) and LCPL Rory Malone The families of the two New Zealand soldiers slain in Afghanistan on Saturday night say they are proud of their commitment to the army. Lance Corporals Rory Malone and Pralli Durrer, both 26, were killed after a fierce three-minute gun fight in a village near Do Abe, in the north east of Bamiyan Province. They were deployed...

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Suicide bomb attack on Nigeria checkpoint kills eight

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber on Sunday attacked a military checkpoint in Nigeria's northeastern city of Damaturu, killing six soldiers and two civilians, police said. Suspicion will fall on Islamist sect Boko Haram, which is waging an insurgency against President Goodluck Jonathan's government across the north with the aim of carving out an Islamic...

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Death toll from Yemen funeral bombing rises to 46

ADEN, Yemen, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- An al-Qaida suicide bomber killed a prominent pro-government tribal chief and at least 45 others at a funeral in Yemen's southern province of Abyan, the Defense Ministry said Sunday. The al-Qaida suicide bomber detonated the explosives around his waist among funeral guests in Jaar town in Abyan province late on Saturday night, the country's...

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Al Qaeda emir for Kunar, deputy, and facilitator killed in airstrikes

Districts of Kunar. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Bill Roggio - August 5, 2012 - LWJ The Coalition confirmed that al Qaeda's leader for Kunar province and his deputy were killed in Friday's airstrike in the Watahpur district. Both al Qaeda leaders were Pakistani citizens, the International Security Assistance Force told The Long War Journal. Additionally, an al Qaeda facilitator...

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21 armed Taliban killed and 2 wounded by ANP (Aug.05.2012.)

Publish Date: Aug 05, 2012 21 armed Taliban killed and two wounded by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched four joint clearance operations in Kapisa, Kandahar, Herat and Farah provinces. As a result of these operations,...

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R.I.P. - 1st Sgt. Russell R. Bell, Staff Sgt. Matthew S. Sitton

DOD Identifies Army Casualties                 The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two Soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.                 They died Aug. 2, in Kandahar province,...

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Quetta blast kills 5; NATO supply vehicles torched

ISLAMABAD (PAN): Two International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) supply containers were torched in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan on Sunday. A private TV channel said that the containers, carrying supplies for the NATO-led troops stationed in Afghanistan, came under attack in Khuzdar district. DawnNews reported the vehicles were on their way from the...

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