In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 35 Suspects Arrested (Jan.02.2013.)

Publish Date: Jan 02, 2013 In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 35 Suspects Arrested Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched 12 joint clearance operations in Baghlan, Kunduz, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Ghazni, Khost, Farah and Helmand provinces. ...

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Taliban commander Turabi among eight freed in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Authorities in Pakistan have released eight more members of the Afghan Taliban, in a move hailed as significant for peace talks to end a decade-old war in Afghanistan.Media reports Tuesday said those released in Pakistan include at least two former ministers and four provincial governors of an erstwhile Taliban regime that was ousted by a US-led military...

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Jan. 02., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province, Jan. 2. The leader provided weapons and ammunition to insurgent fighters in central Arghandab and southwest Shah Wali Kot districts, and planned and coordinated improvised explosive device attacks targeting Afghan and coalition forces....

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Jan. 02., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces located one weapons cache during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Jan. 1. Parwan Province Afghan National Army soldiers and coalition forces discovered a weapons cache in Bagram District. The cache contained multiple mortars and mines. Operations in RC-East are ongoing. ...

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Nigerian army says 14 die in gun battle with Boko Haram

(Reuters) - Nigeria's military killed 13 members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and lost one soldier on Tuesday in a gun battle in Maiduguri, the group's northeastern stronghold, the army said.Boko Haram, which is loosely based on the Afghan Taliban, killed hundreds last year in a campaign to impose sharia, or Islamic law, in Nigeria, a country of more than 160...

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Taliban leader Nurullah Khan killed in Kunduz province

A local Taliban leader was killed following a joint military operation by Afghan and coalition security forces in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan.International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) following a statement announced, “During a security operation in Imam Sahib district, Kunduz province, yesterday, an Afghan and coalition force killed the Taliban leader, Nurullah...

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