In Several Joint Clearance Operations, Nine Armed Taliban Arrested (Feb.05.2013.)

Publish Date: Feb 05, 2013 In Several Joint Clearance Operations, Nine Armed Taliban Arrested Counterterrorism: During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces launched four joint clearance operations in Kandahar, Uruzgan and Helmand provinces. As a result of these operations,...

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2 Afghan women killed, 3 children injured in US troops operation

According to local authorities in western Herat province of Afghanistan, at least two women were killed and three children were injured following a military operation by US special forces in this province.The officials further added the operation was conducted in Zer-e-Koh area at Shindand district.Shindand district chief Abdul Hamid Noor confirming the report said the operation...

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Feb. 05., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security Forces cleared three improvised explosive devices and detained seven suspected insurgents during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Feb. 4. Nangarhar province Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared an IED in Khugyani district. Khowst province Afghan National Security Forces...

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Suicide Bombing Kills 4 in Iraq

A suicide bomber has set off a car packed with explosives at an army checkpoint in Iraq, killing at least four people and wounding 12 others.The attack Tuesday happened in Taji, about 20 kilometers north of the capital, Baghdad. At least two soldiers were among those killed.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.The bombing is the second such attack...

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Blast kills 4, injures 10 in Faryab food outlet

MAIMANA (PAN): Four people were killed and another 10 suffered wounds when a suspected bomb went off at a food outlet in the Khwaja Sabzposh district of northern Faryab province on Tuesday, officials said.The explosive had been placed beneath a table and exploded at a time when a number of men were taking afternoon meals at the outlet, Faryab police chief Maj. Gen. Naji...

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Paris arrests 4 islamist militants heading for al-Qaeda in Mali

map by Evan Centanni (www.polgeonow.com) French police arrested four suspected Islamist militants near Paris on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the recruitment of fighters for al Qaeda-linked forces in Africa's Sahel, Interior Minister Manuel Valls said.The arrests are the first since France intervened in Mali last month to repel an offensive by Islamist rebels,...

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