33 Taliban, 3 ANA troops killed in latest Afghan violence

Afghan defense ministry officials following a statement on Sunday announced, at least 9 Afghan national army soldiers were killed or injured following militants attack and improvised explosive device blasts across the country. The source further added one Afghan soldier killed and five others were injured after an improvised explosive device went off in eastern Ghazni province. In...

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Sniper Competition: Vintage Sniper National Match (video)

from DODLive Written on August 26, 2012 at 7:23 am by jtozer Hundreds of civilians converged on Camp Perry, Ohio, to take part in the Vintage Sniper National Match.  Fred Gowen is a Marine Vietnam veteran, who is one of almost 500 civilians who came out for the competition.  He’s had experience with vintage rifles before…Using an M14 during his first combat...

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Afghan uprising against Taliban expands in Ghor province

(photo: KHAAMA) According to local authorities in western Ghor province of Afghanistan, widespread anti-Taliban campaigns by local residents have been witnessed in a number of districts in this province recently. The officials further added, the campaigns have been launched under the leadership of former Mujahideen commanders and local residents in this province. Former...

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2 senior al-Qaida operatives arrested by Yemeni police forces

ADEN, Yemen, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Yemeni police forces arrested two senior al-Qaida operatives in the southern port city of Aden on Sunday, who sought to attack government targets in the province, the Defense Ministry said. A special police action force and agents of the military intelligence agency raided a terrorist hideout in the Tawahi neighborhood in Aden, arresting...

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7 ANA soldiers killed in Kandahar attacks

KABUL (PAN): Seven Afghan National Army (ANA) troops were killed and as many injured in two separate roadside bombings in southern Kandahar province, officials said on Saturday. The first blast that took place in the Panjwai district left five ANA soldiers dead and three others wounded, the 205th Atal Military Corps said in a statement. The second roadside bomb attack...

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Aug. 26., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in Marawarah district, Kunar province, yesterday. During the operation, the security force engaged a group of armed insurgents with a precision airstrike, killing several of them. A post-strike assessment determined no civilians had been harmed and no property had been damaged. In other...

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Aug. 26., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed two insurgents, detained one, located a weapons cache and cleared six improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Aug. 25. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared an IED in Ghazni district. Khowst province Afghan...

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Taliban deny report of Badruddin Haqqani’s death

KABUL: A Taliban spokesman in Afghanistan rejected reports that the son of the founder of the powerful Haqqani militant network has been killed, even as senior insurgents and members of the Pakistani government said they believe Badruddin Haqqani was dead.      Zabiullah Mujahid said in an email sent to reporters late Saturday that Haqqani is alive...

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First man on moon Neil Armstrong dead at 82

(Reuters) - U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took a giant leap for mankind when he became the first person to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82, his family said on Saturday. Armstrong died following complications from heart-bypass surgery he underwent earlier this month, the family said in a statement, just two days after his birthday on August 5. As commander...

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