14 Taliban killed in air, ground operations

KABUL (PAN): Fourteen Taliban insurgents and a minor girl were killed in clashes and an airstrike in southern Helmand and eastern Kunar provinces, officials said on Sunday.Five fighters were killed as a result of a US drone strike in the Ailgal area of Ghaziabad district in Kunar on Saturday night, a spokesman for the 201st Selab Military Corps said.Maj. Haroon Yousufzai...

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Algeria: Death Toll from Hostage Crisis May Rise

Algeria says the death toll from the hostage crisis at a natural gas complex could rise. The government said Sunday several countries have indicated some of their citizens remain missing after an end to the bloody conflict at the complex in eastern Algeria. On Saturday, Algeria's Interior Ministry said the nation's hostage crisis had ended with 23 hostages and 32 militants...

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Blast, drone kill 13 al Qaeda-linked militants in Yemen

(Reuters) - More than 10 suspected al Qaeda operatives were killed by an explosion in a house in south Yemen where they were making bombs and at least three others died in a drone strike, tribal and official sources said on Sunday.A bomb ripped through a house in the province of al-Bayda on Saturday night, the state news agency Saba and a local official said. Three other...

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Jan. 20., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader in Zurmat district, Paktiya province, Jan. 20. The leader acted as a Taliban liaison with senior Haqqani leaders in the province and oversaw the purchase and storage of rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons and ammunition. He also facilitated the movement of suicide bombers...

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Jan. 20., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed six insurgents, detained one and located two weapons caches during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Jan. 19. Nangarhar province Afghan Border Police killed six insurgents during an engagement in Achin district. Khowst province Afghan Uniform Police and coalition forces discovered...

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Motorcycle Bombers Die In Thwarted Afghan Attack

Afghan officials in the western province of Herat say a suicide bomber and his accomplice were killed when their explosives detonated in a botched attack.Nesar Ahmad Popal, governor of Herat's Guzara district, told RFE/RL that the bomber and his accomplice were riding on a motorcycle toward the district government headquarters on January 19 when security guards fired at...

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Seven hostages, 11 militants killed in final onslaught by Algerian army

The final onslaught of Algerian special forces on a gas installation where foreigners were being held by Islamist militants killed 11 kidnapers and seven hostages, the state news agency reported.Algerian Press Service says the troops stormed the facility on Saturday after a four-day standoff in which militants occupied the Ain Amenas natural gas facility in southern Algeria.Al...

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Jan. 19., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan - During a security operation in Sherzad district, Nangarhar province, Jan. 18, an Afghan and coalition force killed a local Taliban leader, Qari Sayed Wali, and arrested a second Taliban leader. Qari Sayed Wali distributed and emplaced IEDs throughout Sherzad district and conducted the April 2012 attack on the Sherzad District Center. The arrested...

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Jan. 19., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security Forces killed one insurgent and cleared two improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Jan. 18. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces killed one insurgent during an engagement in Gelan district. Kunar province Afghan Local Police found and safely cleared...

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