In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 11 Armed Taliban Arrested (Jan.21.2013.)

Publish Date: Jan 21, 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 11 joint clearance operations in Kandahar, Zabul, Uruzgan, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Ghazni, Paktiya and Helmand...

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6 injured in Jalalabad bombing

Jalalabad District is located in the north-west of Nangarhar Province. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) JALALABAD (PAN): Six people were wounded in a bomb explosion in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, police said.Five civilians and a policeman were injured in the blast that rocked the Majboorabad area of Jalalabad around noon, the police spokesman said.Col....

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U.S. drone strike kills four Qaeda militants in Yemen

(Reuters) - A U.S. drone killed four suspected al Qaeda militants on Monday in a strike in central Yemen, tribal sources said, in the third such attack in three days.The United States never comments on strikes by its pilotless aircraft, which it has used to track down militants in Yemen for years. The Yemeni government tolerates such strikes but usually does not comment...

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Jan. 21., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition force killed Taliban leader, Muhibullah Jan, and his subordinate Taliban facilitator, Malawi Noorullah, during a security operation in Khanabad district, Kunduz province, today. Muhibullah Jan oversaw improvised explosive device operations to include managing insurgent IED builders and emplacers, as well as, the acquisition...

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Jan. 21., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed two insurgents, detained two, located one weapons cache and cleared one improvised explosive device during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Jan. 20. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces killed two insurgents during an engagement in Gelan district. ...

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Algeria Says 80 Dead at Gas Complex

Smoke rises above following demining operations at the In Amenas gas plant, January 20, 2013. Algeria's prime minister is expected to announce Monday the latest details of the militant takeover and military raid of a desert natural gas complex that left at least 80 people dead, including militants. The toll jumped Sunday when officials combing through the complex found...

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Taliban storm Traffic Police headquarters in Kabul, killing 1 police

Afghan security forces run on the roof of the headquarters of Kabul Traffic Police after it is attacked by Taliban militants in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan on Jan. 21, 2013. Taliban militants targeted the headquarters of Kabul Traffic Police on Monday morning, killing at least one police and injuring 16 others and thus causing panic among the war-weary residents. (Xinhua/Ahmad...

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