Nigeria to send 600 troops to Mali: minister

ABUJA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria will send a total of 600 out of the 3,300 troops pledged by ECOWAS, for deployment to contain rebel militants in Northern Mali, a top government official said on Wednesday.Minister of State for Defense Olusola Obada said so to a delegation from the United Kingdom led by the representative of the Prime Minister of Britain in the Sahel, Stephen...

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TTP claims responsibility for Karachi, Rawalpindi blasts

The TTP spokesman was talking to Dawn.com’s correspondent from an undisclosed location.— Dawn File Photo PESHAWAR: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan while talking to Dawn.com’s correspondent on Thursday, said that the TTP was responsible for the blasts carried out a day earlier near Imambargahs in Rawalpindi and Karachi. While giving details...

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

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces confirmed today the deaths of three Taliban senior leaders to include the number one Taliban leader in western Logar province, during a security operation in Logar province Wednesday.At the time of his death, Abu Baker was the number one Taliban leader in western Logar province who facilitated weapons to insurgents throughout...

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Nov. 22., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition detained two insurgents, located a weapons cache and cleared six improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Nov. 21.Ghazni ProvinceAfghan National Police and coalition forces found and safely cleared four IEDs in Khogani District.Khowst ProvinceAfghan Uniformed Police and...

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From al Qaeda in Italy to Ansar al Sharia Tunisia

Abu Iyad preaches during a rally in Tunisia in front of a flag commonly used by al Qaeda in Iraq. On the right (Iyad's left), in orange, is Sami Ben Khemais Essid. On the left (Iyad's right, also in orange), according to L'Espresso, is Mehdi Kammoun. By Thomas Joscelyn - November 21, 2012 - LWJ Two convicted members of an al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group in Italy...

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Suicide attack near Rawalpindi Imambargah; 12 dead, 36 injured

People run away after a blast in Karachi on Wednesday. – Photo by AP ISLAMABAD: A suicide attack near an Imambargah on Misrial Road in Rawalpindi on Wednesday has left at least 12 people dead and 36 others injured, DawnNews reported. Police officials said that a suicide bomber had tried to enter a procession near the Imambargah, where the bomber detonated the explosives...

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