NATO helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan, 2 troops killed

Districts of Logar. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A NATO helicopter crashed killing two troops in Eastern Afghanistan, the third time in 10 days that a coalition helicopter has come down. NATO-led International Security Assistance Force following a statement on Wednesday announced, “Two International Security Assistance Force service members died following a helicopter crash...

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Militants kill 4 Russian soldiers in Caucasus

North Caucasus regions within the Russian Federation (Photo credit: Wikipedia) (Reuters) - Militants attacked a convoy of Russian interior ministry troops in the violence-plagued North Caucasus province of Ingushetia on Wednesday, killing four soldiers, Russian news agencies said. The attackers set off explosions as the convoy was passing and then opened fire with guns...

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Hundreds of ANA soldiers held over insider attacks

KABUL (PAN): Hundreds of Afghan National Army soldiers have been detained or sacked over rising insider attacks on NATO-led troops in different parts of the country, a defence ministry official said on Wednesday. Since the beginning of the current year, 45 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers, mostly American, have been killed in 33 green-on-blue attacks...

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Eight dead in north Iraq attacks

Bombings and shootings in northern Iraq, mostly targeting security forces, left eight people dead on Tuesday, including six soldiers and a police general, security and medical officials said. In the deadliest attack, two near-simultaneous roadside bombs detonated as a military convoy was passing along the road between the town of Tuz Khurmatu, 175 kilometers (110 miles)...

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U.S. drone attack kills 5 in Yemen

(Reuters) - Five suspected Islamist militants were killed in a U.S. drone attack on Wednesday in Yemen's eastern province of Hadramout, a Yemeni security official said. The strike targeted a house where the suspected militants were hiding in the Wadi al-Ain area, said the security official. "Five militants were dead and three were injured and managed to escape". The United...

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2 al-Qaida militants killed, 3 arrested in Yemen's south

ADEN, Yemen, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Two suspected al-Qaida militants were killed and three others arrested in a shootout with government forces in Yemen's southern province of Abyan early Wednesday, a military official said. The shootout occurred after soldiers of the anti-terrorism squad launched a storming campaign against a hideout of the al- Qaida group in Jaar town, in...

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Sep. 05., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – One of the Taliban leaders behind the Aug. 7 attack on a coalition base in Logar province was killed by Afghan and coalition security forces in Pul-e ‘Alam district, Logar province, Tuesday. Afghan and coalition security forces positively identified the Taliban leader, Bismullah, and two additional insurgents and engaged them with a precision airstrike...

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Sep. 05., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition detained two insurgents, located a weapons cache and cleared six improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Sept. 4. Laghman province Afghan National Police and coalition forces found and safely cleared an improvised explosive device in Mehtar Lam district. Logar...

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Pakistan fire 80 missiles in eastern Kunar province

Local authorities in eastern Afghanistan announced Pakistani military forces fired at least 80 missiles in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan during the past two days in the latest wave of cross-border incursion. Kunar provincial governor spokesman Wasifullah Wasifi said at least 3 Afghan civilians were injured following the Pakistani military shelling. Mr. Wasifi further...

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Islamic Militant Group in Northern Mali Expanding Southward

DAKAR, Senegal — A relatively new al-Qaida offshoot in northern Mali has pushed south, seizing a town less than 200 kilometers from the Malian army frontline. Since 2011, the militant Islamist sect has been involved in kidnapping for ransom, a suicide bombing in Algeria, and most recently the execution of an Algerian diplomat, taken hostage in northern Mali in April. Analysts...

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R.I.P. - Staff Sgt. Jeremie S. Border, Staff Sgt. Jonathan P. Schmidt

DOD Identifies Army Casualties             The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             They died Sept. 1, in Batur Village, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked...

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Suicide bomber kills 25 at Afghan funeral

Afghan men assist those injured in a bomb blast as they arrive at a hospital in Jalalabad September 4, 2012. REUTERS/ Parwiz (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens at a funeral in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said, the latest large-scale attack on civilians. A local district chief and dozens of his relatives were at the ceremony...

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