Clash leaves an Afghan police, 9 Taliban dead

Kamdesh District in the Nuristan Province in Afghanistan (Photo credit: Wikipedia) PARUN, Afghanistan, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- One police and nine Taliban militants were killed as clash erupted in Kamdish district of Nuristan province 180 km east of capital Kabul on Wednesday, police said. "A group of armed Taliban fighters raided Kamdish district headquarters at 04:30 a.m....

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Nigeria: JTF Discovers 36 Bombs in Boko Haram Hideout

Following Monday's killing of a Boko Haram kingpin suspected to be its spokeman, Abu Qaqa, and the arrest of two others, the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) has uncovered a large cache of locally made bombs prepped for launching attacks on various targets in Kano, the Kano State capital. The special military task force said in a statement Tuesday that 36 prepared improvised...

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Sep. 19., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan and coalition security force arrested the senior Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader for Kunduz province in Qal'ah-ye Zal district, today. As the security force approached the IMU leader's location, he and one other insurgent maneuvered from the compound and displayed hostile intent towards the Afghan and coalition troops. The security...

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Sep. 19., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces detained three insurgents, located two weapons caches and cleared three improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Sept. 18. Ghazni province Afghan National Army soldiers and coalition forces found and safely cleared an improvised explosive device in Qarah Bagh...

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