In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 11 Armed Taliban Arrested (15.Jan.2013.)

Publish Date: Jan 15, 2013 In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 11 Armed Taliban Arrested Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched seven joint clearance operations in Nangarhar, Kunduz, Kandahar, Ghazni, Paktika and Helmand provinces. As...

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4 U.S. experts injured during de-mining exercise in Cambodia

Location map of Cambodia with Kampong Chhnang Province highlighted Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 105 %. Geographic limits of the map: * N: 14.8° N * S: 9.9° N * W: 102.2° E * E: 107.9° E (Photo credit: Wikipedia) PHNOM PENH, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Four American demining experts got injured on Tuesday afternoon while an unexploded ordnance (UXO) exploded at a mine...

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French Planes Bomb Town Seized by Mali Islamists

French warplanes have bombed a Malian town seized by Islamist militants as more troops prepare to join the offensive against the extremist groups. Witnesses say French planes attacked Diabaly overnight, just hours after Islamist fighters took control of the town, located 400 kilometers north of Mali's capital, Bamako. French defense officials say the French contingent...

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Afghan police attack Italian troops in Farah

FARAH CITY (PAN): Three Afghan policemen fired at Italian troops in the Bala Baluk district of western Farah province late on Monday, but the insider assault caused no casualties, local officials said on Tuesday.On the other hand, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) denied the green-on-blue attack. It said in response to an email from Pajhwok Afghan News that...

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Jan. 15., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban facilitator in Khugyani district, Nangarhar province, during an operation today. The facilitator enabled the distribution of weapons, ammunition, improvised explosive devices and suicide vests for use in attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. He also acquired suicide vehicle improvised...

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Jan. 15., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces cleared two improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Jan. 14. Logar province Afghan National Army soldiers found and safely cleared one IED in Pul-E-Alam district. Nangarhar province Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared one IED in Mohmand...

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Turkish jets strike multiple targets in northern Iraq

Kurdistan Workers' Party soldiers, commonly known as PKK near the Iran/Iraqi Kurdistan border (Photo credit: james_gordon_losangeles) ANKARA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Turkish Armed Forces launched a cross-border air operation earlier Monday in northern Iraq after an infiltration attempt by a large group of outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) members from Zap camp across...

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