3 hurt as 136 artillery shells hit villages in Kunar

Konar Province, where Qari Ziaur Rahman, is based, on the border with Pakistan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) ASADABAD (PAN): As many as 136 artillery shells were fired from Pakistan into Dangam, Shegal and Narai districts of eastern Kunar province over the past 24 hours, injuring three residents, an official said on Thursday. Two people were injured in Dangam and...

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Yemen arrests 3 al-Qaida suspects, including Syrian national

SANAA, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's police forces arrested three al-Qaida suspects, including a Syrian national, at an airport in the country's western port city of al-Hodayda late on Wednesday, a security official said. The three men were arrested upon their arrival at the airport of the Red Sea city of al-Hodayda, the official told Xinhua on condition of anonymity,...

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11 Armed Taliban Killed, 5 Wounded and 14 Arrested by ANP (30.08.2012.)

Publish Date: Aug 30, 2012 11 Armed Taliban Killed, Five Wounded and 14 Arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched eight joint clearance operations in Baghlan, Kunduz, Badakhshan, Kandahar, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Ghazni...

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Anti-Taliban public uprising started in Logar province

According to local authorities in eastern Logar province of Afghanistan, anti-Taliban public uprising has started from Pul-e-Alam district of in this province. Provincial security chief Gen. Ghulam Sakhi Rogh Lewanai said a wide spread pubic uprising against the Taliban militants have started in Pul-e-Alam district from Wednesday onwards. He said the uprising will possibly...

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5 al-Qaida members killed in U.S. drone strike in southeast Yemen

ADEN, Yemen, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- At least five members of the Yemen-based al-Qaida offshoot were killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen's southeastern province of Hadramout Wednesday night, a government official told Xinhua. Three U.S. drone-fired missiles struck an al-Qaida vehicle in the Qatan area in Hadramout, leaving at least five terrorists dead at the scene, the...

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Aug. 30., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation to arrest a Taliban insurgent responsible for planning attacks against Afghan and coalition forces in Hisarak district, Nangarhar province, today. During the operation the security force detained two suspected insurgents. In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout...

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Aug. 30., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed 14 insurgents, detained eight and cleared 10 improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Aug. 29. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared three IEDs, two in Ghazni district and one in Qarah Bagh district. Kapisa...

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Five Australian soldiers killed in Afghan incidents

(Reuters) - Australia suffered its worst combat losses since the Vietnam War when five troops were killed in Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday, prompting Prime Minister Julia Gillard to return home early from a regional Pacific leaders' conference. Officials from the Australian Defence Force and the NATO-led coalition said three Australians had been killed in southern...

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Hijacked Greek-run tanker located in Nigerian waters

Map of the Gulf of Guinea, (Photo credit: Wikipedia) LOME (Reuters) - A Greek-operated oil tanker seized off Togo was tracked down on Wednesday off the coast of Nigeria under the control of pirates, the ship's operator and Togolese authorities said. The seizure early on Tuesday of the ship, which is operated by Golden Energy Management, underscored the growing risks...

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8 Pak troops killed in Waziristan attack

ISLAMABAD (PAN): Eight Pakistani troops and four rebels were killed during a fierce gun-battle in the country’s northwestern tribal region of Waziristan near the Afghan border, officials said on Wednesday. The clash in the Saroki sub-district of south Waziristan broke out after a group of heavily armed insurgents attacked a military post in the Badr area. Eight Pakistani...

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Why Taliban beheaded 17 Afghan villagers in Helmand?

Local authorities in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan on Wednesday revealed the facts behind the beheading of 17 Aghan civilians including 2 women by Taliban militants in Kajaki district in this province. Helmand provincial governor media office following a statement announced that individuals involved behind the beheading of 17 Afghan civilians have been recongized...

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6 would-be bombers detained in Kabul (Video)

KABUL (PAN): National Directorate of Security (NDS) agents arrested six would-be suicide bombers with a large amount of explosives in capital Kabul, an official said on Monday. NDS deputy spokesman Shafiqullah Tahiri said the detainees were arrested with a huge amount of Potassium Chloride and explosives-laden vehicles in the 8th police district of Kabul City. The insurgents...

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