6 Armed Taliban Killed and 8 Arrested by ANP (20.Oct.2012.)

Publish Date: Oct 20, 2012
Six Armed Taliban Killed and Eight Arrested by Afghan National Police

Counterterrorism:
During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched five joint clearance operations in Helmand, Sar-e-Pul, Kunduz, Ghazni and Kandahar provinces.
As a result of these operations, six armed Taliban were killed and eight others were arrested by Afghan National Security Forces. Also, during these operations, Afghan National Police discovered and confiscated one PKM machine gun, six AK-47 assault rifles, six heavy rounds, 14 different types of mines, 46 kilos of explosives, two radio handsets and four motorcycles.

Additionally, Afghan National Police discovered and defused seven different types of mines as a result of security operations in Nooristan, Faryab and Zabul provinces, yesterday.

Crimes:
The 101 Kabul Zone National Police detained three individuals accused of murder and theft in the 5th and 11th Districts of Kabul-City.

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Man in police uniform kills 3 Afghan police Saturday

Districts of Khost (not showing the Shamal District). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

KHOST, Afghanistan, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- A man in police uniform opened fire and killed three Afghan police in Khost province 150 km southeast of Kabul on Saturday, an official said.

"In a tragic incident, a police constable opened fire and killed three colleagues in a checkpoint in Zazai Maidan district at 03:00 a.m. local time today," the district police chief Azizullah told Xinhua.

He also stated that investigation is underway to identify the fact behind the bloody firing.

Meantime, Zabihullah Mujahid who claims to speak for the Taliban outfit in talks with media via telephone from unknown location claimed of responsibility, saying the attacker was a Taliban member and has rejoined the Taliban.

This is the second insiders attack on Afghan police since Friday. In the previous incident, a police who worked as chef in a police checkpoint in the southern Helmand province opened fire and killed six policemen and made his escape late Friday night.

from XINHUA
2012-10-20 16:00:39

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Taliban torch US troops warehouse in northren Afghanistan

According to local authorities in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan, a warehouse belonging to Supreme Group which is providing procurement to US troops in Afghanistan caught fire in this province.

Provincial Council Chief Haji Ahmad Zaki Zahid confirming the report said the incident took place 11 pm local time on Friday night and the warehouse was still burning.

Mr. Zahid further added it is yet not known what types of items were being kept inside the ware.

In the meantime company spokeswoman says insurgents attacked a warehouse full of food and supplies for troops with rocket-propelled grenades at the main U.S. base in Afghanistan late Friday, sparking a fire that destroyed the warehouse and everything inside.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid says in an email that the fire at the Supreme Group compound destroyed a “large stock of food meant for U.S. troops.”

Supreme Group spokeswoman Victoria Frost says no one was injured and the fire was contained by morning, though some areas were still smoldering. She says they are working to make up for the lost inventory with supplies from other warehouses.

from KHAAMA
By Sayed Jawad - Sat Oct 20, 1:55 pm

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Nigeria: JTF Arrests Boko Haram Commander In Senator’s Home

A commander of the Boko Haram sect has been arrested by the military in Maiduguri, Borno State, Spokesman of the Lt-Col. MusaSagir, confirmed the arrest of the suspect yesterday.

In a statement he sent to journalists in Maiduguri, Musa said his men arrested “a notorious Boko Haram commander, known as  Shuaibu Mohammed Bama, who has been on the list of wanted terrorists group operating between Bamaand Maiduguri in a serving senator’s house (name withheld) along Damboa Road, Government Reserved Area (GRA) of Maiduguri, Borno state.”

Sagir said the arrest took place on Thursday at 11a.m. He added that “the suspected Boko Haram members launched multiple attacks at different locations of the JTF troops in Sinimari and Lagos streets of Gwange area and that all the attacks were repelled by JTF

He noted that a follow up was conducted on Friday which led to shootings and the recovery of two AK47 rifles, 55 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunitions, large quantity of Impoverished Explosive Devices (IEDs) materials and a notorious commander of the sect, one, Bakura Kulima a.k.a. Bin Walid was killed during the exchange of fire with troops.

A Chinese construction worker, three soldiers and 10 civilians were killed yesterday in Maiduguri as members of the Boko Haram held the town hostage.

Recently, three Indians, a Ghanaian were killed by insurgents in Gubio, It was gathered that the Chinese was shot yesterday morning by suspected terrorists at his company’s construction site and was rushed to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH).

He was said to have given up the ghost on the way to the hospital.

The killing of the Chinese caused confusion in the town while Chinese nationals in the area ran for safety.

At the Lagos street axis where the Chinese was killed, bodies of two persons allegedly killed by soldiers in the milieu that followed were found on the street.

There were allegation that many houses were set ablaze by the ravaging soldiers forcing many residents of the area to flee.

In other parts of the town, eight civilians including a pharmacist, automobile technician and some traders were killed by suspected Boko Haram members.

Three soldiers were also killed when the terrorist attacked a military checkpoint in the town.

The pharmacist was killed at Old Maiduguri, while five persons shot dead at Bayan quarters and two others at Abbaganaram area in the yesterday morning.

from LEADERSHIP
by SUNNY NWANKWO
Sat, 20/10/2012 - 1:09am

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Oct. 20., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed two insurgents who were engaged in insurgent activity during an operation in Helmand province Friday.

In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan:

North

An Afghan and coalition force arrested a number of insurgents during a security operation in search of a Taliban leader in Kunduz province today. The leader is suspected of being involved in the planning and facilitation of attacks on Afghan and coalition forces.

South

An Afghan and coalition security force killed an armed insurgent who was preparing to attack Afghan and coalition forces during a security operation in Kandahar province Friday.

Afghan Uniformed Police and coalition forces provided critical medical aid to an elder who had been shot in Zabul province Thursday. After returning to the area, the AUP apprehended a number of individuals for questioning.

Afghan Special Police of Provincial Response Company Uruzgan, enabled by coalition forces, detained one insurgent, killed several enemy fighters and seized a cache of weapons, ammunition and narcotics in Uruzgan province yesterday. The combined force discovered 60 kilograms (132 pounds) of narcotics, several hand grenades and weapons, as well as several hundred rounds of ammunition. All seized materials were destroyed on site.

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Oct. 20., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed an insurgent, detained one, located three weapons caches and cleared an improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Oct. 19.

Ghazni province
Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces discovered a weapons cache in Muqer district. The cache contained 40 pounds of homemade explosives.

Kunar province
Afghan Local Police discovered a weapons cache in Tsowkey district. The cache contained 24 containers of homemade explosives.

Afghan National Army soldiers killed an insurgent during an engagement in Nari district.

Logar province
Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces detained an insurgent while investigating a weapons cache in Baraki Barak district.

The cache contained improvised explosive device making materials. The detained suspect was transferred to a base for questioning.

Paktika province
Afghan National Army soldiers and coalition forces found and safely cleared an IED in Ziruk district.

Operations in RC-East are still ongoing.

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Pul-i-Alam residents up in arms against Taliban

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Scores of residents of Pul-i-Alam, the capital of central Logar province, have taken up arms against the Taliban, an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) official said on Saturday.

The Qiyam Movement, also known as "People's Uprising," was created by locals to stop intimidation, extortion and school closings by the insurgents, said Capt. Daniel Hill of the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force.

“More than 30 villages and 150 locals have pledged to assist with the movement if they receive aid from Afghan security forces,” the official said in a statement.

He claimed the National Security Directorate of Security -- the Afghan spy service -- had announced support for the movement by providing approximately id="mce_marker"00,000. Up to 70 residents are fighting against the rebels.

from Pajhwok
by Pajhwok reporter on Oct 20, 2012 - 13:50   

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Beirut Car Bomb Kills 8, Including Intel Chief

Soldiers inspect damage at scene of the explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, October 19, 2012. (Jeff Nuemann/VOA)

BEIRUT — A huge car bomb detonated on a residential street in Beirut at Friday rush hour, killing at least eight people including the nation's intelligence chief.

Scores were wounded in the heavy damage of the largely Christian district, many of whose residents support opponents of President Bashar al-Assad in neighboring Syria.

Pan-Arab and Lebanese media reported that Wissam al-Hassan, who was in charge of a top intelligence unit, was killed and likely targeted. He led an investigation into a recent bomb plot that resulted in the arrest of a pro-Syrian Lebanese politician. He also led the probe that implicated Syria and the Hezbollah faction in the killing of former prime minister Rafik Hariri.

No one took immediate responsibility for the blast and Syria condemned the bombing.

from VOANews
by Jeff Neumann
October 19, 2012

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Green-on-blue attack leaves 6 Afghan police dead

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The "green-on- blue" attack or insider offensive carried out by an Afghan police claimed the lives of six colleagues in Helmand province 555 km south of Kabul on Friday night, police spokesman Farid Farhang confirmed Saturday.

"A police constable who had link with Taliban militants and worked as chef in a police checkpoint in Gereshk district opened fire on their colleagues late Friday leaving six police colleagues dead and fled away to join Taliban," Farhang told Xinhua.

The murderer was identified and arrested in the neighboring Musa Qala district Saturday morning.

The green-on-blue attacks by men in Afghan army or police uniform against NATO-led forces have claimed the lives of more than 50 foreign soldiers so far this year. However, the so-called green-on-blue attacks against Afghan security forces personnel have rarely been reported.

from XINHUA
2012-10-20 15:34:37

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Roadside blast in Afghanistan kills 19, wounds 16

Districts of Faryab. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

KABUL, Afghanistan — An explosion from a roadside bomb tore into a minibus carrying people to a wedding in northern Afghanistan today, leaving 19 dead and 16 wounded, authorities said.

Spokesman Shir Jan Durani said the group was traveling to Dawlat Abad district, about 270 miles northwest of the capital, Kabul.

District police commander Bismullah Muslimyar said six children and seven women were among the dead in the blast, which occurred at 6 a.m. after a nighttime police patrol.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the attack.

“Planting a mine on a road used by civilians and the killing of innocent people represents hostility toward humanity,” he said in a statement.

Earlier this month, the U.N. Security Council expressed serious concern at the high number of civilian casualties in the war, especially among women and children.

The Taliban and other militants are responsible for the overwhelming majority of civilian deaths in the country. About 77 percent of the deaths between January and June can be attributed to insurgents, a UN report said.

Insurgent-placed homemade bombs continue to be the deadliest weapon for civilians, accounting for 29 percent of all such deaths in the period, it said.

Separately, six football fans died and 36 were injured today when their bus collided with a fuel tanker on a narrow road about 240 miles northwest of the capital, provincial governor Mohammad Aleem Saaie said. The fans were traveling to Kabul for the final round of the country's football championships.

from Richmond Times-Dispatch
Published: October 19, 2012
Updated: October 19, 2012 - 8:09 AM

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ISAF condemns roadside bomb attack in Balkh Province
International Security Assistance Force HQ Public Affairs

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The International Security Assistance Force condemns today's roadside bomb attack in Balkh province that killed and wounded multiple Afghan civilians.

"Again, the enemies of Afghanistan have shown their willingness to kill and maim innocent civilians without hesitation, all in order to advance their repressive and cruel agenda," said Brig. Gen. Günter Katz, the ISAF spokesperson.

"I offer my condolences to the families and loved ones of the innocent civilians killed and injured as a result of this attack," Katz added.

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AQAP launches complex suicide assault on Yemeni Army base

By Bill Roggio - October 19, 2012 - LWJ

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula mounted a complex attack, which included suicide bombers and an assault from the sea, against a Yemeni Army base in Shaqra in the south of the country today.

map by Evan Centanni (www.polgeonow.com)

AQAP launched the first wave of the attack on the headquarters of the 115th Infantry Brigade at dawn. At least four AQAP fighters dressed in military uniforms, armed with assault rifles and suicide vests, drove a pickup truck bearing military license plates through several checkpoints. Three of the fighters then dismounted the truck and opened fire on Yemeni troops, while the driver of the truck drove into a group of soldiers and detonated the explosives-packed vehicle. Another group of AQAP fighters then launched an assault on the base from the sea but was beaten back by Yemeni troops.

Fourteen Yemeni soldiers, including the brigade's operations officer and two staff colonels, were killed during the fighting and in the blasts;12 AQAP fighters were also killed during the assault.

From May 2011 until May of this year, when the Yemeni military, backed by US air and intelligence assets, began retaking control of the south, AQAP controlled Shaqra and many other cities and towns in Abyan and Shabwa provinces. AQAP and the Yemeni military fought pitched battles in these provinces before AQAP withdrew its forces and regrouped in areas such as Jaar and Al Mahfad.

Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/10/aqap_launches_comple.php#ixzz29peituL9

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

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces confirmed the death of Taliban leader Belal Khan during a security operation in Nangarhar province Tuesday.

Belal Khan, also known as Auzibullah, commanded dozens of Taliban fighters and was responsible for directing attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.

In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan:

North

An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader in Kunduz province today. He is suspected of being involved in planning and executing improvised explosive device attacks as well as weapons and explosives facilitation.

South
Afghan and coalition forces confirmed today the arrest of a Taliban leader during a security operation in Helmand province Sunday. The arrested leader commanded IED cells throughout central Helmand province. The security force also detained a number of suspected insurgents and seized a small amount of illegal narcotics as a result of the operation.

East
Afghan and coalition forces killed a number of insurgents after being ambushed during a dismounted patrol in Wardak province Tuesday. The combined forces returned fire while sustaining one person wounded.

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

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces located two weapons caches and cleared 13 improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours Oct. 18.

Ghazni province

Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared three IEDs, two in Khwajah Omari district and one in Qarah Bagh district.

Khowst province

Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared an IED in Shamal district.

Afghan National Army soldiers and coalition forces discovered two weapons caches in Tanai district. The caches contained mines, grenades and a recoilless rifle round.

Laghman province
Afghan National Army soldiers found and safely cleared an IED in Alisheng district.

Logar province

Afghan National Army soldiers found and safely cleared five IEDs in Pul-E Alam district.

Nangarhar province
Afghan Uniformed Police found and safely cleared an IED in Mohammad Darah district.

Parwan province
Afghan National Police and coalition forces found and safely cleared an IED in Bagram district.

Wardak province

Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared an IED in Sayyidabad district.

Operations in RC-East are still ongoing.

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