Yemeni fighter jets bomb al-Qaida-held bases in restive south

ADEN, Yemen, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Yemeni fighter jets launched two air strikes and bombed several hideouts of al-Qaida militants in the turbulent southern province of Abyan on Thursday night, an army officer told Xinhua without any reports of casualties. Two military fighters jets screamed through the sky over the Mahfad town in Abyan, dropping bombs and rockets that shelled...

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Kenyan police seize suicide vests, say thwart attacks

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police seized a cache of explosive-laden vests, grenades and automatic rifles in an overnight raid on a Nairobi apartment on Friday, thwarting an imminent attack by Somali Islamist militants, a senior police official said. East Africa's biggest economy has been on a heightened state of security since Nairobi sent troops into Somalia to crush al...

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Sep. 14., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed five insurgents, detained four and cleared six improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Sept. 13. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared two IEDs, one in Ghazni district and one in Qarah Bagh district. Afghan...

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Massive amounts of drugs seized in Afghanistan

Afghanistan-Badakhshan (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Around 6,000 kg of various narcotics were seized and six drug manufacturing labs were destroyed in Afghanistan in a joint operation by Russian, US and Afghan law enforcement officers, RIA Novosti reported.The operation conducted in Badakhshan province seized 180 kg of heroin, 1,500 kg of morphine, 1,200 kg of opium, 2,000...

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