Quetta, Pakistan: Blast kills 11, 35 injured

Eleven persons, including a child, were killed while 35 others, including women and children were injured in a blast that took place near Quetta’s Bacha Khan Chowk along Shahrah-e-Iqbal.According to initial reports still coming in the explosion damaged shops and buildings in the area the debris of which is being strewn in the area.Police and rescue teams were on their way...

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R.I.P. - Sapper Richard Walker

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Sapper Richard Reginald Walker from 28 Engineer Regiment, attached to 21 Engineer Regiment as part of the Task Force Helmand Engineer Group, was killed in Afghanistan on Monday 7 January 2013.Sapper Walker was shot in an apparent ‘insider attack’ by a member of the Afghan National Army (ANA) at Patrol...

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NATO supply through Pakistan halted due to truckers strike

(file photo from dawn.com) Pakistani transporters who carry Nato supplies to land-locked Afghanistan have gone on strike, disrupting the flow of goods to Western forces in a protest against a new customs regime aimed at cutting theft.The supply route is an important lifeline for international forces in landlocked Afghanistan. The coalition ships a significant portion of...

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Jan. 10., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force killed Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan facilitator, Mazlum Yar, during a security operation in Ishkamish district, Takhar province, today. Mazlum Yar, also known as Qari Asrar and Tufan, planned and executed improvised explosive device attacks targeting government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan officials,...

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Jan. 10., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces detained three insurgents and cleared one improvised explosive device during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Jan. 9. Khowst province Afghan Border Police and coalition forces detained two insurgents during an engagement in Terezaye district. The detained suspects were transferred to a...

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Car Bomb Rips Through Iraqi Capital

Residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack in the Hurriya district in Baghdad, January 10, 2013. A car bomb has exploded in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least four people and wounding 14 others.The blast Thursday near a bus stop in the mainly Shi'ite Hurriyah neighborhood destroyed several vehicles and damaged nearby buildings.Amateur video captured shortly...

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Militant commander killed in Takhar

KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): A Taliban commander was killed and three of his associates were captured alive in a joint military operation by Afghan and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops in the Ishkamish district of northern Takhar province, an official said on Thursday.The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) facilitator, Mazlum Yar, also known as Qari Asrar and...

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Four killed in U.S. drone attack in North Waziristan on thursday

At least four people were killed in a US drone strike in Mir Ali in North Waziristan on Thursday. from ARYNEWS  Updated :   Thursday  January  10 , 2013  12:02:52 PM The drone targeted a compound in the area with four missiles, killing four, while the death toll is expected to rise.The identity of those killed could not be confirmed as yet.There...

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