Mali: France to Send Drones to Mali As Jihadists Flock to North, Report

France is to send surveillance drones to back up west African intervention in northern Mali and is meeting top US diplomats in Paris this week to discuss the fighting the Islamist presence there, the AP news agency reports. Citing an anonymous source in the French Defence Ministry, AP says that France plans to move two surveillance drones to west Africa from Afghanistan...

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Heavy clashes reported in Nuristan province of Afghanistan

Districts of  Nuristan Province in Afghanistan (Photo credit: Wikipedia) According to local authorities in eastern Nuristan province of Afghanistan, heavy clashes between Afghan security forces and anti-government armed militants started in this province early Tuesday morning.The officials further added the clashes started in Barg-e-Matal district and the militants...

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8 people killed in bomb attacks in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Up to eight people were killed and 15 wounded in a series of bomb attacks in northern and western Baghdad of Iraq on Tuesday morning, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.The deadliest attack occurred when several mortar rounds landed in a residential area of Chikouk in Baghdad's northern district of Kadhmiyah, killing up to seven people and...

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2 Armed Taliban Killed and 12 Arrested by ANP (23.Oct.2012.)

Publish Date: Oct 23, 2012 Two Armed Taliban Killed and 12 Arrested by Afghan National Police Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched seven joint clearance operations in Kabul, Nangarhar, Paktiya, Balkh, Kandahar, Helmand and Logar provinces. ...

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Somali pirates release MV Orna, detain six crew

MV ORNA MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates said on Monday they have freed the Panama-flagged merchant ship MV Orna after receiving a ransom of $400,000, but detained six of the crew to get more money for them.The ship, a bulk cargo vessel with a deadweight of 27,915 tonnes, owned by the United Arab Emirates, was stopped by pirates firing rocket-propelled grenades about...

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NATO troops convoy attacked in Laghman province

According to local authorities in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan, a relatively heavy explosion rocked Mehtarlam city in this province early Tuesday morning. Provincial governor spokesman Sarhadi Zwak confirming the report said the incident took place in Basram village while a convoy of the coalition forces were crossing the area and were attacked by Rocket Propelled...

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

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition security forces killed Taliban leader Ghulam Ali during a security operation in Wardak province Monday. Ghulam Ali was a Taliban leader directly responsible for coordinating attacks against Afghan and coalition forces, facilitating the transfer of weapons throughout Wardak province, and developing Taliban network attack plans...

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UK doubling armed drones over Afghanistan

Britain is doubling the number of armed RAF drones in Afghanistan to 10 with the new aircraft to be operated remotely from Lincolnshire. A Ministry of Defence spokeswoman confirmed that pilots based at RAF Waddington would fly the five recently-bought unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The hi-tech Reaper drones are primarily used to gather intelligence on enemy activity...

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R.I.P. - Corporal Scott James Smith

It is with deep regret that the Australian Defence Force announces the death of Corporal Scott James Smith on operations in Afghanistan on 21 October 2012. Corporal Smith was a member of the Special Operations Task Group and was from the Special Operations Engineer Regiment based at Holsworthy Barracks in Sydney, New South Wales. Corporal Smith is survived...

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3 IED planters perish in airstrike

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Three mine planters were killed during an airstrike by foreign forces in southern Helmand and Kandahar provinces, officials said on Monday.An insurgent commander, who wanted to plant a roadside bomb, was killed in an air raid by foreign troops in the Bolan area of Lashkargah late on Sunday, the governor's office said.  Two other mine planters were...

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More Islamist Fighters Deploy in Northern Mali

Hundreds of additional Islamist fighters have deployed in northern Mali, as neighboring countries make plans to send troops to the troubled nation.According to witnesses, the fighters began deploying last week, after the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution asking West African bloc ECOWAS to submit its plans for a Mali force.Residents report seeing hundreds of Tunisian...

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