Feb. 04., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban improvised explosive device facilitator in Nad ‘Ali district, Helmand province, today. The facilitator is an IED specialist believed responsible for the procurement, construction and distribution of IEDs and other forms of weapons to Taliban leaders operating in the district. He is alleged...

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Feb. 04., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security Forces cleared one improvised explosive device during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Feb. 3. Laghman province Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared an IED in Mehtar Lam district. Operations in RC-East are ongoing. ...

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Mali Tuaregs seize two Islamist leaders fleeing French strikes

map by Evan Centanni (www.polgeonow.com) (Reuters) - Tuareg rebels in northern Mali said on Monday they had captured two senior Islamist insurgents fleeing French air strikes toward the Algerian border, and France pressed ahead with its bombing campaign against al Qaeda's Saharan desert camps.Pro-autonomy Tuareg MNLA rebels said they had seized Mohamed Moussa Ag Mohamed,...

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Six suspected suicide bombers arrested in capital Kabul

(file photo) Afghan police forces arrested at least six suspected suicide bombers were arrested in capital Kabul, Voice of America (VOA) reported.The suicide bombers were reportedly equipped with suicide bombing vests, weapons and hand grenades, and were arrested by Afghan security forces before they manage to carry out attacks.Kabul security chief Mohammad Ayoub Salangi...

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22 killed in suicide bomb north of Baghdad

A suicide bomber has blown himself up near Taji, north of Baghdad prison in Iraq. (warning graphic image!)(Reuters) A suicide bomber detonated himself outside an Iraqi prison near Taji, north of Baghdad, on Monday, Al Arabiya's correspondent reported.Details of the attack are still developing.Meanwhile, another suicide bomber discharged near a group of anti-Qaeda militiamen...

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