In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 14 Armed Taliban Killed (Mar.30.2013.)

Publish Date: Mar 30, 2013 In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 14 Armed Taliban Killed Counterterrorism: In past 24 hours, Afghan National Police conducted several joint clearance operations with the cooperation of Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces to clean some of the areas from terrorists and enemies of peace...

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Mar. 30., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Haqqani leader during an operation in Sabari district, Khost province, March 30. The leader is accused of obtaining improvised explosive devices and various other weapons and distributing them to multiple insurgent commanders. He has also allegedly led a number of fighters in attacks against Afghan...

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Mar. 30., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and Coalition Forces found and safely cleared nine improvised explosive devices and detained two suspected insurgents during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, March 29. Ghanzi province Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared two IEDs during operations in the Gelan district. Afghan National...

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6 wounded in Nangarhar explosion

JALALABAD (PAN): Six people were wounded in a bomb blast in the Khogyani district of eastern Nangarhar province on Friday, an official said.  The bomb exploded in the Ahangarano Street of Kaga Bazaar in the district centre, police spokesman, Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, told Pajhwok Afghan News.A number of shops were damaged in the explosions. Three of the injured were...

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Iraq Bombings Kill At Least 18

Civilians and security forces gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, March 29, 2013. Several car bombs exploded near Shi'ite mosques across Iraq Friday, killing at least 18 people and wounding more than 100 in the latest spate of sectarian violence ahead of Iraq's regional elections scheduled for next month.The blasts, within an hour of each other, hit...

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Suicide attack near US Consulate kills 10 Peshawar city

According to Pakistani security officials, at least ten people were killed in Pakistan on Friday when a suicide bomber attacked a paramilitary police convoy.The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for a blast which also injured at least 31 others.suicide bomber rode a motorbike up to a security checkpoint a third of a mile from the consulate and detonated 22 pounds...

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R.I.P. - Sgt. Michael C. Cable

DOD Identifies Army Casualty             The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.             Sgt. Michael C. Cable, 26, of Philpot, Ky., died March 27, from injuries sustained when his unit...

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Mar. 29., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – During an operation in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand province, today, an Afghan and coalition security force arrested a senior Taliban leader and detained one other insurgent. The leader is believed to exercise operational control over multiple insurgent cells throughout Helmand province, committing multiple attacks against Afghan and coalition forces....

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Mar. 29., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared seven improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, March 28. Logar province Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared one IED during operations in the Muhammad Aghah district. Paktika province Afghan National Security...

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Taliban-designated district chief among 7 killed

Districts of Faryab. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) MAIMANA (PAN): A Taliban-designated district chief, his three security guards and a policeman were killed during a clash in northern Faryab province, officials said on Thursday.Identified as Mullah Khairullah, the Taliban chief for Qarghan district, was killed during a fight with border police in the Quram Qul district late...

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Mar. 28., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition Forces found and safely cleared 13 improvised explosive devices and detained one suspected insurgent during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, March 27. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared three IEDs during operations in the Waghaz district. Khowst province Afghan...

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R.I.P. - Lance Corporal Jamie Webb

Lance Corporal Jamie Webb, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Lance Corporal Jamie Webb, of 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire), died in an ISAF Hospital in Afghanistan on 26 March 2013.Lance Corporal Webb died as a result of wounds sustained during an insurgent attack on his patrol...

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Explosion in Kabul injures 2 including a foreign national

At least two people were reportedly injured following an explosion in the 15th district of capital Kabul on Wednesday, police officials said. Afghan interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi said a foreign national has also been injured following the blast which took place around 9am local time after a remote controlled IED device planted under the vehicle of a private security...

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2 soldiers killed in attack on army checkpoint in Yemen

ADEN, Yemen, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Three secessionists attacked an army checkpoint in Yemen's southern province of al-Dhalea on Tuesday, killing at least two soldiers, a police source and some local residents told Xinhua.The pro-secession gunmen attacked a key checkpoint in a eastern suburb of al-Dhalea province and tried to take control of it, killing at least two soldiers...

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In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 52 Armed Taliban Killed (Mar.27.2013.)

Publish Date: Mar 27, 2013 In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 52 Armed Taliban Killed Counterterrorism: In past 24 hours, Afghan National Police conducted several joint clearance operations with the cooperation of Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces to clean some of the areas from terrorists and enemies of peace...

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23 Armed Taliban Killed in Logar Province

Districts of Logar. This image does not include Azra district, located to the east of Khoshi and Mohammad Agha. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Publish Date: Mar 27, 2013 23 Armed Taliban Killed in Logar Province Counterterrorism: Afghan National Police with cooperation of the Afghan National Army and Coalition Forces launched a...

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Mar. 27., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition security forces confirmed today the death of a Taliban leader, Sadat, in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Sunday. Sadat exercised operational control over a group of fighters responsible for conducting multiple attacks on Afghan and coalition forces throughout Helmand province. In addition, he procured weapons for Taliban...

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Mar. 27., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared one improvised explosive device, discovered three weapons caches and detained 19 suspected insurgents during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, March 26. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces detained one suspected insurgent during operations in...

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Abducted Israeli, Norwegian tourists freed in Egypt

CAIRO, March 26 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli man and a Norwegian woman who were kidnapped Friday in Egypt's governorate of South Sinai have been freed, a local security source told Xinhua Tuesday.The release came after two days of negotiations between the security authorities and the kidnappers under the mediation of tribal elders, the source said.The freed hostages, both in good...

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Afghanistan car bomb attack injures 10 British troops

English: Cropped version of a larger map to show detail around Lashkar Gah (Photo credit: Wikipedia) One of the injured soldiers is airlifted to Camp Bastion after blast and gun battle in which five insurgents are killedAt least 10 British troops have been injured in a suspected suicide car bomb attack on a patrol base in Afghanistan's Helmand province. The insurgents...

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8 suicide bombers, 5 police killed in Jalalabad attack

NATO and Afghan troops arrive at the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad, March 26, 2013. (PARWIZ/REUTERS) JALALABAD (PAN): More than a dozen people were killed on Tuesday when a group of suicide bombers stormed the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) headquarters in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said. (more photos from REUTERS) Eight suicide bombers and five police...

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In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 23 Armed Taliban Killed (Mar.26.2013.)

Publish Date: Mar 26, 2013 In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 23 Armed Taliban Killed Counterterrorism: In past 24 hours, Afghan National Police conducted several joint clearance operations with the cooperation of Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces to clean some of the areas from terrorists and enemies of...

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Mar. 26., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader and detained one other insurgent during an operation in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province, today. The leader is accused of ordering assassinations against members of the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, coordinating the movement of weapons and supplies used...

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Mar. 26., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces found and safely cleared three improvised explosive devices, killed one insurgent and detained two suspected insurgents during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, March 25. Ghazni province Afghan and coalition forces detained two suspected insurgent during operations in the Ab Band district....

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5 killed, 13 injured in Iraqi violence

BAGHDAD, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and 13 others wounded in separate attacks in Iraq Monday, while an al- Qaida militant leader was shot dead in a raid, the police said.In Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, two policemen were killed when a roadside bomb struck a joint police-army patrol in the western part of the provincial capital city of Baquba, some...

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