6 killed, 20 injured as blast hits religious procession in NW Pakistan

Map of Pakistan (Photo credit: Omer Wazir) ISLAMABAD, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed and 20 others injured when a blast hit a religious procession in Pakistan's northwest district of Dera Ismail Khan on Saturday morning, police said.Qazi Jamil-ur-Rehman, deputy inspector general police of Dera Ismail Khan, a district lying some 300 km southwest of the...

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Pak Taliban says 'jamming cell phone services will not stop them'

(photo: telecompk.net) A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban has claimed that suspending mobile phone services in the country will not stop them from carrying out their activities.According to a private TV channel report, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan, said in telephone conversation that the banned group did not carry out bombings using cellular...

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Nov. 24., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban direct action cell leader and detained a number of suspected insurgents in Helmand province today.The arrested leader is believed to have facilitated movement of weapons and ammunition and coordinated insurgent attacks targeting Afghan and coalition forces in the province.In other International...

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Nov. 24., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed an insurgent, detained two, located two weapons caches and cleared 10 improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Nov. 23.Ghazni provinceAfghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared nine IEDs in Giro district.Afghan National Police and coalition forces...

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3 Yemeni soldiers kidnapped in south region

ADEN, Yemen, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- A group of secessionist gunmen captured three government soldiers in Yemen's southern province of al-Dhalea on Friday evening, a security official told Xinhua.The three government soldiers were kidnapped by masked gunmen suspected of belonging to an armed faction of the pro-secession Southern Movement near a military post in al-Dhalea province,...

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Al Nusrah Front claims suicide attack at hospital, joint operation with Chechen fighters

The Al Nusrah Front shows the suicide car bomb used to attackthe French hospital in Aleppo. Images from the SITE Intelligence Group By Bill Roggio - November 23, 2012 - LWJThe Al Nusrah Front shows the suicide car bomb used to attack the French hospital in Aleppo. Images from the SITE Intelligence Group.The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, an al Qaeda-linked...

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6 wounded in suicide car bomb attack on Afghan-NATO base

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- At least six Afghan security guards were wounded as a suicide car bomb went off outside an Afghan-NATO military base in eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar Friday evening, a provincial police spokesman said."The bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the wall of the base near the entrance of the compound at about 18:40 local...

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