Weapons surrendered to DIAG

KHOST CITY (PAN): Nearly 115 light and heavy weapons were delivered to the Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) programme in southern Khost province on Thursday, officials said. The weapons, including artillery shells, rocket-propelled grenades, Kalashnikovs, pistols and guns, were seized during separate operations by Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and police. Brig....

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Four anti-Taliban militia members killed in Pakistan blast

ISLAMABAD: Four members of an anti-Taliban militia were killed when their vehicle was targeted by a roadside bomb in the restive Khyber tribal region of northwest Pakistan on Thursday. An improvised explosive device planted by the road was detonated by remote control when the militia's vehicle was passing by in Tirah Valley near Landi Kotal town early this morning, officials...

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Al-Qaeda releases Warren Weinstein hostage video

Al-Qaeda releases a hostage video of Warren Weinstein which shows him appealing to U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to help negotiate his freedom. (Reuters) Al-Qaeda releases a hostage video of Warren Weinstein which shows him appealing to U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

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Sep. 13., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 13, 2012) — Afghan and coalition forces conducted a security operation resulting in the death of an armed insurgent in Mota Khan district, Paktika province, Wednesday. During the operation the security force positively identified an armed insurgent transporting weapons, including a heavy machine gun, toward a populated area. After ensuring...

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Yemeni protesters storm U.S. embassy in Sanaa

Protesters climb a fence surrounding the U.S. embassy in Sanaa September 13, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (Reuters) - Hundreds of Yemeni demonstrators stormed the U.S. embassy in Sanaa on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam, and security guards tried to hold them off by firing into the air. The attack followed Tuesday night's storming of...

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15 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan within 24 hours: gov't

KABUL, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Military operations carried out by the Afghan police, army and the NATO-led coalition forces have claimed the lives of 15 Taliban militants in different Afghan provinces within the past 24 hours, authorities said Thursday. "Afghan National Police (ANP), Afghan army and intelligence agency in collaboration with the coalition forces launched 13...

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Sep. 13., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed an insurgent, detained three and cleared 11 improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Sept. 12. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared five IEDs, one in Dehyak district, one in Andar district and three...

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