Taliban attack security check post in Uruzgan province

According to local authorities in southern Uruzgan province a number of Taliban militants attacked a security check post in central Tarinkowt city on Wednesday night.Provincial governor spokesman Abdullah Hemat said the check post was located in Safilandi area in Tarinkowt city.He said the attack was carried out in coordination with a police officer, killing at least 3 Afghan...

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R.I.P. - Sgt. Enrique Mondragon

DOD Identifies Army Casualty            The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Sgt. Enrique Mondragon, 23, of The Colony, Texas, died Dec. 24, in Baraki Barak, Afghanistan, from...

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Jihadist identifies 2 AQAP fighters killed in recent drone strike

By Bill Roggio - December 27, 2012 - LWJ Nabil al Kaldi and Abdullah Bawazir. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. A Yemeni jihadist has identified two of the five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula members who were killed in a US drone strike in eastern Yemen on Dec. 24. The two AQAP fighters escaped from a Yemeni prison...

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Dec. 27., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed five insurgents, detained seven, located one weapons cache and cleared nine improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Dec. 26. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared two IEDs in Dehyak district. Afghan National Security...

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Militants, policeman killed in Faryab clashes

MAIMANA (PAN): Four militants and a policeman were killed during clashes in northern Faryab province on Wednesday, official said. During the gunbattles in Pashtunkot, Garziwal and Dawlatabad districts, three policemen, two militants and a civilian were wounded. Gen. Nabi Jan Mullahkhel, the provincial police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the slightly wounded policemen...

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