Taliban behead 12 years old Afghan boy in Kandahar

According to Afghan government officials, an Afghan boy was beheaded by Taliban militants in southern Kandahar province and another Afghan girl was beheaded in eastern Kapisa province of Afghanistan. Kandahar provincial governor spokesman Jawid Faisal confirming the report said Taliban militants beheaded the Afghan boy to avenge from his brother who is serving in Afghan...

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3 militants killed by own IED bombs in Helmand

LASHKARGAH (PAN): Three militants have been killed in two separate explosions caused by their own bombs in southern Helmand province, police said on Friday. Two insurgents were killed in Sistan area of Marjah town when the bomb they were planting on a road went off prematurely late on Thursday night, police spokesman Farid Ahmad Farhang told Pajhwok Afghan News. Another...

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Al-Qaida militants kill Yemeni intelligence officer in Sanaa

SANAA, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Suspected al-Qaida gunmen shot dead a senior intelligence officer in an attack in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Thursday, an interior ministry official said. "Major Yehya Badi of the Political Security Agency was gunned down in Habra street in central Sanaa Thursday afternoon in an attack carried out by two masked al-Qaida gunmen on a motorcycle,"...

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Aug. 31., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition force killed two armed insurgents during an operation in Sayyid Karam district, Paktiya province, yesterday. During the operation, the security force observed multiple armed militants engaging in insurgent activity. After ensuring there were no civilians nearby, the security force engaged with a precision airstrike, killing...

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Aug. 31., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed eight insurgents, detained 15 and cleared seven improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Aug. 30. Ghazni Province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared an IED in Giro District. Khowst Province Afghan National Security...

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R.I.P. - Private Nathanael Galagher, Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald (AUS)

Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald, 30, and Private Nathanael Galagher, 23, were killed when their helicopter crashed in Helmand province in Afghanistan. Picture: Australian Defence Force Two soldiers killed in Afghanistan chopper crash named THE chief of the defence force has named two Australian soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. The men were among...

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US adds 8 Lashkar-e-Taiba members to terrorism list

By Thomas Joscelyn - August 30, 2012 - LWJ The US Treasury Department has added eight Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leaders to the list of specially designated nationals. "Today's action against LeT is Treasury's most comprehensive to date against this group and includes individuals participating in all aspects of LeT's operations - from commanders planning...

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