Afghan suicide bomber wounds 14 in Kandahar attack

An aerial view of the Kandahar Airport in Kandahar, Afghanistan, June 22, 2005. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jerry T. Combes (Photo credit: Wikipedia) from KMIC: VBIED attack targeting ISAF convoy on Kandahar-Buldak highway at around 05:00 pm today. 3 ISAF and 10 civilian wounded. — KMIC (@KandaharMedia) December 13, 2012 --- from denverpost: KANDAHAR, Afghanistan—An...

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16 Killed in Damascus Car Bombing

A damaged area is pictured after a car bomb in Qatana, near Damascus December 13, 2012 in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA. A car bomb has killed 16 people in a suburb outside the Syrian capital, Damascus, while a senior Russian diplomat says Syria's opposition may win in its battle against President Bashar al-Assad.The bombing Thursday...

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Dec. 13., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed four insurgents, detained two, located three weapons caches and cleared three improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours Dec. 12. Ghazni province Afghan Uniformed Police and coalition forces discovered a weapons cache in Ghazni district. The cache contained...

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Tajik Special Ops Team Seizes Afghan Drugs

DUSHANBE, December 13 (RIA Novosti) – Tajik special services seized some 500 lbs (226 kilograms) of drugs in a three-day operation against traffickers from Afghanistan this week.A total of 388 lbs (176 kilograms) of hashish was seized in a raid on Monday against a group of Afghan traffickers in Tajikistan’s Panj district, 124 miles (200 kilometers) south of Dushanbe, a spokesman...

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Policeman killed, rebel detained in Herat clash

HERAT CITY (PAN): One policeman was killed, a second injured and an armed rebel arrested as a result of a clash in the capital of western Herat province on Thursday, officials said.The incident took place at around 7:30am in Biland Aab area, where a group of insurgents attacked the guards of Col. Abdul Rashid, an officer with the 606th Ansar police zone.Police spokesman...

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Norway citizens join militants to fight NATO troops

According to reports several Norwegian citizens have joined militants groups based in Afghanistan and Pakistan to fight NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.Norwegian intelligence officials have confirmed the report and said the citizens fought on the side of insurgents and even shot at NATO-led international troops that have included Norwegian...

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Syrian jihadists, including al Qaeda's Al Nusrah Front, form Mujahideen Shura Council

picture from http://www.trackingterrorism.org By Bill Roggio - December 12, 2012 - LWJ On the same day the US government announced that al Qaeda in Iraq's Al Nusrah Front was a terrorist organization, Al Nusrah and nine other jihadist groups banded together in the Syrian province of Deir al Zour and formed a Mujahideen Shura Council. The 10 jihadist...

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