AMISOM forces kill 36 Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia

NAIROBI, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) killed at least 36 Al-Shabaab militia late Friday as the troops took over Miido town in a fierce exchange of fire that last several hours in southern Somalia. Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) spokesman Major Emmanuel Chirchir said on Saturday that five KDF soldiers are missing in action while three sustained...

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10 Taliban insurgents killed in Afghanistan within 24 hours (02.Sep.2012.)

KABUL, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Up to 10 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 32 others detained in operations in different Afghan provinces within the past 24 hours, the Afghan Interior Ministry said Sunday morning. "Afghan National Police (ANP), army, NDS or intelligence agency and NATO-led coalition forces launched seven joint cleanup operations in Takhar, Kandahar, Uruzgan,...

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Sep. 02., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed nine insurgents, detained eight, located a weapons cache and cleared three improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Sept. 1. Ghazni province Afghan National Army soldiers and coalition forces detained an insurgent while investigating a weapons cache in...

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Islamic Extremists Seize Town in Northern Mali

Islamic extremists have seized a town in northern Mali, close to government-controlled territory. Witnesses in Douentza say members of the group calling itself the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa entered the town early Saturday morning and disarmed a local militia. No violence was reported, but one Islamist leader tells the Associated Press that the group has...

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Explosion kills five Boko Haram in northern Nigeria

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Five suspected Boko Haram bombers on Saturday died while two soldiers and a teenager were injured following a bomb explosion in the Nigeria's northeast city of Maiduguri. Military sources told Xinhua that the five bombers were killed by the security forces in the city when the fuel-propelled explosion went off. Spokesperson of the...

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