In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 10 Armed Taliban Killed (08.Dec.,2012.)

Publish Date: Dec 08, 2012 In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 10 Armed Taliban Killed Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched 10 joint clearance operations in Kabul, Nangarhar, Kapisa, Kandahar, Logar, Ghazni, Khost, Paktiya, Farah and Helmand...

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4 killed by own explosives in Parwan

Districts of Parwan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) CHARIKAR (PAN): Four people, including two bomb makers, were killed when an improvised explosives device went off prematurely inside a house in central Parwan province on Friday, a police official said on Saturday.The two bomb makers were at work on making an IED Friday night when it exploded in a house in the Dadu neighborhood...

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Taliban ambush NATO troops convoy in Khost province

According to local authorities in eastern Khost provnce of Afghanistan, Taliban militants ambushed a convoy of NATO-led coalition security forces in this province.Gen. Abdul Qayoum Baqi provincial security chief confirming the report said the incident took place in western part of Khost province.He did not disclose further information regarding the incident.In the meantime...

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Dec. 08., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition security forces confirmed Dec. 8 that the insurgent leader, Numan, and several other insurgents were killed during a security operation in Nari district, Kunar province, Tuesday. Numan facilitated the movement of weapons and money in the province and provided direct support to senior insurgent leaders in Kunar. In other International...

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Dec. 08., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed five insurgents, located one weapons cache and cleared two improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan on Dec. 7. Ghazni Province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces discovered a weapons cache in Ghazni District. The cache contained small arms and ammunition. Khowst...

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Al Qaeda commander reportedly killed US drone attack

Tribal sources from Pakistan's northwest said on Saturday a US drone attack had killed a senior al Qaeda commander in the latest blow to the militant Islamist group that has been targeted in many similar attacks.Abu Zaid was killed, along with 10 other people, in the drone strike on a hideout in Pakistan s North Waziristan, one of the tribal regions near the border with...

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US adds West African group, 2 leaders, to terrorism list

By Bill Roggio - December 7, 2012 - LWJ Gilberto Rodriguez Leal, a French hostage, from a MUJAO videotape released on jihadist forums on Dec. 1, seated in front of the banner of jihad. The US government has added the al Qaeda-linked Movement for Tawhid [Unity] and Jihad in West Africa and two of its leaders to the list...

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JTF kills 4 suspected terrorist commanders in Maiduguri

Maiduguri – The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order on Friday, shot dead four suspected terrorist commanders of the Boko Haram group after an operation in Maiduguril.JTF spokesman Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa announced this in a statement issued in Maiduguri.He said the operation was sequel to last week’s killing of a notorious commander of the group, Abduulkareem Ibrahim,...

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Second bomb this week kills three in Nairobi suburb

(Reuters) - A bomb blast in a predominantly Somali district of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Friday killed three people and wounded at least eight, the Kenyan Red Cross said.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in the run-down Eastleigh suburb, the second explosion there since Wednesday night. Local lawmaker Yusuf Hassan was among the injured,...

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Afghan Spy Chief critically injured by underpants bomber

Minister of Border and Tribal Affairs, Asadullah Khalid, attends the inauguration of the Access English program at Rahman Baba High School in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, June 4, 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) officials on Friday announced that assailant suicide bomber had planted explosives under his underwear...

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