Taliban district and security chief killed in Wardak

According to local authorities in central Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan, Afghan security forces killed Taliban district and security chief in Chak district in this province.Provincial security chief spokesman Abdul Wali Khanzada confirming the report said Taliban district chief Mullah Ghulam Ali and Taliban security chief Mulah Naqeeb were killed in a special military...

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21 Armed Taliban Killed and 8 Arrested by ANP (22.Oct.2012.)

  Publish Date: Oct 22, 2012 21 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 11 joint clearance operations in Kunduz, Uruzgan, Maidan Wardak, Ghazni, Farah, Ghor...

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Explosion at military camp kills 5 soldiers in Yemen's Aden

map by Evan Centanni (www.polgeonow.com) ADEN, Yemen, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- A remote-controlled bomb went off in a military camp in Yemen's southern port city of Aden on Monday morning, killing five soldiers and wounding two others, a security official told Xinhua. The blast occurred inside a military camp located on the northern outskirts of Aden, leaving at least five...

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13 killed in northern Nigeria attacks

YOBE, Nigeria, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian military authorities on Sunday said at least 13 people were killed in the various violent attacks carried out within three days in Potiskum, a restive town in northeastern Yobe State. State spokesperson of the military Joint Task Force (JTF) Lt. Lazarus Eli told reporters that the 13 persons included two serving policemen, a retired...

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3 Afghan police killed in Khost explosion

KHOST CITY (PAN): Three policemen died in a roadside bombing in the southeastern Khost province while three civilians were killed in a separate incident in neighbouring Paktika, officials said on Monday. Police defused a roadside bomb in the Haiderkhel area of Mandozai district, and were transporting it to their headquarters when it exploded at around 8am, killing three...

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US drones kill 4 AQAP fighters in Yemen

By Bill Roggio - October 21, 2012 - LWJ US drones killed four al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike in southern Yemen, in the second such attack in the country in four days. The unmanned Predators or Reapers fired several missiles at a vehicle as it was traveling in the Wadi Abida area in Marib province tonight, officials said according...

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Oct. 22., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader in Nangarhar province, today. The arrested leader is believed to be directly responsible for the coordination of weapons and equipment used in attacks on Afghan and coalition forces. The security force also detained a number of suspected insurgents and seized two Afghan National Army...

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Australian SOTG soldier killed in Afghanistan

UPDATE: A 24-year-old Australian special forces soldier has been killed by an insurgent improvised explosive device (IED) during an operation in southern Afghanistan. He is the 39th Australian soldier to die in Afghanistan since 2001 and the seventh so far this year. Defence force chief General David Hurley said the soldier was a member of the Special Operations Task...

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