Suicide car bombing kills 3, injures over 20 in northern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and more than 20 others injured in a suicide car bombing Friday near Iraq's northern major city of Mosul, local police said. A police official, on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua via telephone that the explosion took place at a Shiite mosque and most of the victims were Shiite residents who went there for Friday...

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6 Afghan civilians killed in roadside bombing in southern province

Districts of Helmand Province. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Up to six Afghan civilians were killed and one injured Friday morning when a car ran over a roadside bomb in the country's southern province of Helmand, a provincial police source said. "A civilian's car was running along a road in Dahzor area of Musa Qala district at...

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ISAF supply container torched near Quetta

ISLAMABAD (PAN): An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) supply container was attacked near Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, on Friday. The vehicle’s driver and cleaner were wounded during the shooting in the Dasht area of Mastung district, a private TV channel reported. “Unknown armed men riding a motorbike opened fire at...

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Blast kills 2 Afghan police officers in eastern Afghanistan

According to local authorities in eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan, a number of Afghan police officers were killed or injured following an explosion in central Ghazni city on Friday. Provincial governor spokesman Fazal Sabawon confirming the report said two Afghan police officers were killed and three others were injured following the blast. Mr. Sabawon further added...

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Aug. 10., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader in Nad ‘Ali district, Helmand province, Wednesday. The leader planned and directed several attacks throughout the region. He also provided insurgents with improvised explosive devices, heavy weapons and ammunition. At the time of his arrest, the Taliban leader was in the process of...

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Aug. 10., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed two insurgents, detained five, located a weapons cache and cleared seven improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Aug. 9. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared an IED in Ghazni district. Kapisa province Afghan...

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Three U.S. soldiers killed by Afghan police in Helmand

(Reuters) - An Afghan police commander and several of his men killed three U.S. soldiers in the southern province of Helmand, turning guns on them after inviting them to a dinner to discuss security, Afghan officials said on Friday. The men were all American special forces members and were killed on Thursday night while attending a meeting in the Sarwan Qala area, in what...

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R.I.P. - Maj. Thomas E. Kennedy, Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin J. Griffin

DOD Identifies Army Casualties            The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.            They died Aug. 8, in Sarkowi, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when they encountered...

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Al Qaeda calls on jihadists to attack NATO supplies, 'secure the back' of the Afghan Taliban

By Bill Roggio - August 9, 2012 - LWJ Al Qaeda's top spokesman for Pakistan called on jihadists in Pakistan to attack NATO supply convoys to "secure the back" of al Qaeda's ally, the Afghan Taliban. Ustad Ahmad Farooq, al Qaeda's spokesman for Pakistan, made the plea in a videotaped statement that was released today on jihadist web...

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R.I.P. - Maj. Walter D. Gray

DOD Identifies Air Force Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Maj. Walter D. Gray, 38, of Conyers, Ga., died Aug. 8 from injuries suffered during a suicide...

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R.I.P. - Spc. Ethan J. Martin

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Spc. Ethan J. Martin, 22, of Lewiston, Idaho, died Aug. 7 in Koragay, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered...

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