22 dead as tribesmen, rebels clash in Ghazni

GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Twenty Taliban fighters and two local commanders of a public uprising group were killed during a gun-battle in the southern province of Ghazni, members of the anti-rebel movement said on Sunday. The clash erupted around 3am following a group of heavily armed insurgents attacked checkpoints established by the tribesmen in the Andar district, killing two...

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Airstrike kills Taliban commander in eastern Afghanistan

Districts of Kunar. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) ASSADABAD, Afghanistan, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two people including a Taliban commander were killed as aircraft of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) raided a Taliban hideout in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar on Sunday, a local official said."The air raid took place at 09:00 a.m. local time in Chinar...

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Afghan, NATO troops arrest 2 insider attack plotters in Logar

Afghan and coalition security forces arrested two suspected militants who were involved in plotting insider attack on NATO troops in eastern Logar province of Afghanistan.NATO-led International Security Assistance Force following a statement on Sunday announced, “Afghan and coalition security forces confirmed today the arrest of two insiderattack planners during a security...

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Suicide bombing hits Yemen's Aden, 4 injured

ADEN, Yemen, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were injured Saturday evening when a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of anti-al-Qaida militia leader in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, a police officer told Xinhua. The suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck a convoy of an anti- al-Qaida militia leader in the Khor Maksar neighborhood in Aden, leaving at least four...

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Sep. 23., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a senior Taliban weapons dealer during an operation in Talah wa Barfak district, Baghlan province, today. The detained weapons dealer was a senior Taliban leader in the Talah wa Barfak insurgent network and managed the purchase and distribution of rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns and...

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Sep. 23., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces detained two insurgents and cleared four improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Sept. 22. Ghazni Province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared three IEDs, one in Ghazni District, one in Andar District and one in Muqer...

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R.I.P. - Sergeant Jonathan Eric Kups (UK)

The Ministry of Defence has named a British soldier, who died in Afghanistan on Friday. Sergeant Jonathan Eric Kups was 38 years old and from Nuneaton in Warwickshire. He joined the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers twenty years ago, training as an electronics technician. He died on Friday at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province - his death is not thought to be due...

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7 local Taliban leaders killed in airstrike in S. Afghanistan

Helmand Province. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Seven local Taliban leaders were killed and a shadowy district governor detained following an air raid operation in southern Afghan province of Helmand overnight, a provincial police spokesman said Sunday. "Based on intelligence, a warplane with the NATO-led coalition forces carried...

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