French troops fight Islamist rebels on the ground in Mali

French troops have engaged in close-quarter combat with Islamist fighters on Wednesday in the Malian town of Diabaly in the first ground clashes after days of air strikes, according to Malian security forces."The special forces are currently in Diabaly, in close-quarter combat with the Islamists. The Malian army is also in place," the Malian security source told news agency...

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Jan. 16., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces detained 12 insurgents and cleared one improvised explosive device during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Jan. 15. Khowst province Afghan Border Police and coalition forces found and safely cleared one IED in Bak district. Paktika province Afghan National Security Forces detained four...

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Major Attack Launched Against NDS Office in Kabul

Six men launched an attack on the National Directorate of Security (NDS) facility in Kabul's Sedarat area at midday, detonating a car bomb at the gate before attempting to storm the facility. All six men have been killed - one was driving the car when it exploded at the NDS main entrance and five more were shot in a subsequent gunfight with security guards, according to...

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Explosion rocks southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan

According to local authorities in southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan, a explosion took place in the central city of Tarinkowt on Wednesday afternoon.An official speaking on the condition of anonymity said the blast took reportedly took place while Afghan security forces were looking to defuse a roadside improvised explosive device planted by militants.He said at...

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17 killed, 133 wounded in bomb attacks in northern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Up to 17 people were killed and 133 wounded in two bomb attacks targeting offices of Kurdish parties in northern Iraq on Wednesday, the police said.In one of the attacks, a suicide bomber drove his explosive- laden truck into the entrance of the office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), headed by the regional Kurdish president Masoud Barzani,...

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Explosions kill 83 at Syrian university as exams begin

A handout picture released by the Syrian Observatory Human Rights allegedly shows the scene of an explosion outside Aleppo University, between the university dormitories and the architecture faculty, Jan. 15, 2013. 82 people were killed and 160 others injured when a big blast rocked a university in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday. (Xinhua) (Reuters) - Two...

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