Jan. 04., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces detained four insurgents, located one weapons caches and cleared two improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Jan. 3. Khowst Province Afghan Uniformed Police and coalition forces detained two insurgents at their home after observing them emplacing an IED in Khowst...

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Blast suspects among 5 held in Herat

HERAT CITY (PAN): Five militants, including two believed to be behind a bomb blast that wounded 16 people, were detained during separate security operations in western Herat province, an official said on Thursday.The bomb attack suspects were apprehended in the Robat Sangi district, the governor's spokesman Muhiuddin Noori told Pajhwok Afghan News. The duo had confessed...

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Iraq Car Bomb Kills at Least 20 Shi'ite Pilgrims

Iraqi authorities say a car bomb has killed at least 20 Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims on their way home from a religious procession in the country's south. Police said Thursday's attack at a busy bus station in the town of Musayyib hit the pilgrims as they were returning from Iraq's shrine city of Karbala, where they performed mourning rituals for a revered figure in Shi'ite...

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Thirteen terrorists killed in Algeria

Algerian terrorists suffered two major blows within the first 24 hours of 2013.A total of thirteen terrorists were killed in two separate operations carried out by security forces in the province of Boumerdes, 30 kilometres east of Algiers, on Monday (December 31st) and Tuesday.Over the past few months, security forces have been closing in on small terrorist groups still...

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