Pakistan: 15 killed, 12 injured in Lower Dir blast

A roadside bomb killed 15 passengers in a van and wounded 12 others in Lower Dir on Sunday morning, police said. The vehicle was hit in the Jandol area when it was taking people from a border village to the town of Munda early in the morning, said Ejaz Abid, police chief in Lower Dir district where the attack took place. He said the bomb was planted in a dirt road and...

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Afghan police kill 4 NATO soldiers in Zabul

(Reuters) - Four soldiers fighting with the NATO-led alliance were killed in an attack believed to involve members of the Afghan police in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the coalition said. The attack came a day after two British soldiers were shot dead by an Afghan policeman while returning from a patrol in southern Helmand province, one of the strongholds of the Taliban-led...

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Sep. 16., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan and coalition security force today arrested the Taliban leader responsible for the death of two American service members following a Sept. 5 helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban commander was successfully taken into custody by the security force following a joint effort by Afghan and coalition forces to identify and track...

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Sep. 16., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed 10 insurgents, detained two and cleared six improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Sept. 15. Ghazni Province A coalition airstrike killed four insurgents who were emplacing an IED in Gelan District. Khowst Province Afghan National Army soldiers and coalition...

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ISAF provides additional details on Camp Bastion attack

ISAF provides additional details on Camp Bastion attack 2012-09-CA-11   KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 16, 2012) — Following the 14 September attack at Camp Bastion, in which two Coalition service members were killed when insurgents attacked the base’s airfield, the International Security Assistance Force provides...

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Afghan policeman kills 2 British soldiers in Helmand

British Soldiers patrol Helmand Province. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Bill Roggio - September 15, 2012 - LWJ An Afghan policeman killed two British soldiers and wounded four more today before being killed himself in return fire in the southern province of Helmand. The attack is the latest in the long string of so-called green-on-blue...

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R.I.P. - Sgt. Kyle B. Osborn

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Sgt. Kyle B. Osborn, 26, of Lafayette, Ind., died Sep. 13 in Muqer, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained...

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