More than 70 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan within day

KABUL, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Up to 70 Taliban militants have been killed in military operations and direct fighting with security forces in different Afghan provinces within a 24-hour period of time, authorities said on Thursday."Afghan National Police (ANP), Afghan army and the NDS or Afghan intelligence agency in collaboration with the NATO-led coalition forces launched 13...

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Four Nigerian peacekeepers killed in Sudan's Darfur

English: Map of Darfur within Sudan, July 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Four Nigerian peacekeepers were killed and eight wounded in an ambush in Sudan's western Darfur region, the international peacekeeper force UNAMID said on Wednesday."They were killed last night some 2 km (1.2 miles) from our regional headquarters in El Geneina. They came under...

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Al Nusrah Front claims 2 suicide, 2 car bombings in Aleppo

By Bill Roggio - October 3, 2012 - LWJ The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group that is fighting Bashir al Assad's regime in Syria, has claimed credit for four bombings in Aleppo today, including two suicide attacks, that killed more than 50 people. The terror group has now claimed credit...

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27 Armed Taliban Killed, 6 Wounded and 8 Arrested by ANP (04.Oct.2012.)

Publish Date: Oct 04, 2012 27 Armed Taliban Killed, Six Wounded and Eight Arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched 13 joint clearance operations in Kabul, Laghman, Baghlan, Kunduz, Badakhshan, Sar-e-Pul and Kandahar...

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Turkey hits targets inside Syria after border deaths

Turkish artillery has renewed firing at targets in Syria after shells from across the border on Wednesday killed five Turkish nationals.Several Syrian troops were killed by Turkish fire, activists from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.Turkey's border town of Akcakale was shelled, apparently by Syrian government forces, on Wednesday, killing a woman and three...

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Drone strikes target al-Qaida hideouts in SE Yemen, kill 4 militants

ADEN, Yemen, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Suspected al-Qaida fighters in southeastern Yemen were targeted in two U.S. drone strikes on Thursday, leaving at least four insurgents dead, a security official told Xinhua.The U.S. drone strikes hit al-Qaida-held positions in the desert area of al-Saeed in the restive southeastern province of Shabwa, killing at least four insurgents and...

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Oct. 04., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – Dozens of Afghan soldiers and police, supported by coalition special operations forces, concluded a six-day operation against insurgent networks in the Chak district, Wardak province yesterday. More than 30 insurgents were killed by Afghan commandos, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, and coalition forces, who participated in the operation....

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Oct. 04., 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, Oct. 3. Kunar province Afghan National Army soldiers found and safely cleared an IED in Watahpur district. An insurgent injured himself when his IED detonated prematurely in Sar...

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Navy to Commission Guided-Missile Destroyer Michael Murphy

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 796-12October 03, 2012 Navy to Commission Guided-Missile Destroyer Michael Murphy             The Navy will commission the newest guided-missile destroyer, Michael Murphy (DDG 112), Oct. 6, during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony at Pier 88 in Manhattan, N.Y.            ...

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R.I.P. - Sgt. Thomas J. Butler IV, Sgt. Jeremy F. Hardison, Sgt. Donna R. Johnson

Sgt. Butler, Sgt. Hardison, Sgt. Johnson DOD Identifies Army Casualties             The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             They died Oct.1, in Khost, Afghanistan, of injuries...

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