Insider attack leaves 4 Afghan police dead in Kandahar

According to local authorities in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan  at least 4 Afghan police officers were shot dead by their comrade in the latest wave of insider attacks in this province.The officials further added at least 3 more officers were wounded following the attack which took place after they were poisoned in their security check post in Spin Boldak...

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Dec. 19., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces cleared three improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Dec. 18. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared one IED in Andar district. Logar province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found...

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Hundreds of Chinese landmines seized in Kandahar

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Hundreds of landmines, made in China, have been seized by border police in the southern province of Kandahar, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Wednesday.A man was arrested in connection with the landmines that were seized from a tractor in the border town of Spin Boldak late on Tuesday, a statement from MoI said. The detainee has confessed to his...

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6 IED planters killed by their own bomb in S.Afghanistan

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Six Taliban militants were killed as their explosive device went off accidentally in Helmand province 555 km south of Kabul on Wednesday, spokesman for provincial administration Ahmad Zirak said."A group of Taliban rebels were busy planting mine on a road in Gereshk district Wednesday morning but the device exploded accidentally,...

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Three more polio workers shot in Pakistan

An injured polio health worker receives medical treatment at a hospital in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar, Dec. 19, 2012. At least one health worker was injured on Wednesday in firing on polio-eradication team in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar, bringing the number of injured to two and death toll to six in four separate attacks over the last two days, local police...

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