7 Afghan soldiers killed following blast in Baghlan province

According to local authorities in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan, at least 7 Afghan national army soldiers were killed following a roadside bomb explosion in this province. Gen. Janullah Safi commander 3 regiment in 209 Shaheen Afghan national army commandment confirming the report said the incident took place early Thursday around 2 am local time after a vehicle...

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Afghan, coalition service members die in ISAF helicopter crash today

Afghan, coalition service members die in ISAF helicopter crash 2012-05-C-031 For Immediate Release KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 16, 2012) — An ISAF helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan today. The crash resulted in the deaths of four International Security Assistance Force service members, three United States Forces-Afghanistan...

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Suicide assault team attacks Pakistani airbase in Punjab

Map of Pakistan (Photo credit: Omer Wazir) By Bill Roggio - August 15, 2012 - LWJ A suicide assault team attacked a Pakistani airbase in Punjab province that is known to house nuclear weapons. The assault team, which is reported to have up to six members, attacked the Kamra Air Force Base in Attock district in Punjab at 2:30 a.m....

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Senior security official killed in Maidan Wardak province

Districts of Wardak. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) According to local security officials in Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan, a senior government official was killed following a roadside bomb explosion in this province. A local security official speaking on the condition of anonymity said director of provincial security research director Gen. Tahir was killed following...

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Aug. 16., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in search of a group of insurgents in Nizam-e Shahid district, Herat province yesterday. When the security force found the insurgents, they engaged them with a precision airstrike. After the strike, the force conducted a follow-on assessment and confirmed the strike had killed multiple...

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Aug. 16., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed two insurgents, detained four, located a weapons cache and cleared five improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Aug. 15. Ghazni Province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces killed an insurgent during an engagement in Muqer District. Khowst...

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9 killed, 10 injured by attacks in east Iraq

BAQUBA, Iraq, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people were killed and 10 others injured Thursday in separate bomb and gunfire attacks in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a provincial police source said. A roadside bomb detonated near an army patrol in Hemreen area, some 110 km northeast of Baghdad, killing four soldiers and wounding two others, the source told Xinhua...

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Iran behind coordinated suicide blasts in western Afghanistan

A number of Afghan parliament members accused Iran for being involved behind deadly coordinated suicide blasts in western Nimroz province. Afghan lawmakers said a number of suicide bombers who were detained are Iranian citizens. The lawmakers on Wednesday urged the Afghan government to negotiate the coordinated suicide blasts with the Iranian embassy in Kabul. Freshta...

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