US drone strikes kill five in North Waziristan

At least five people were killed after six missiles hit a house in Tehsil Spain Wam of North Waziristan on Wednesday. The strikes by an unmanned US drone occurred after reports that militants were present in the house, official sources said. US drone strikes are infamous around the world, especially in Pakistan, for killing innocent people besides militants. However,...

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Feb. 06., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban facilitator in Panjwa'i district, Kandahar province, today. The detained Taliban facilitator is believed to have overseen the management of weapons caches for his Taliban network and ensured the facilitation of equipment, vehicles and weapons to insurgent fighters. He is also accused of having...

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Feb. 06., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces cleared three improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, Feb. 5. Ghazni province Afghan and coalition forces found and safely cleared an IED in Deh Yak district. Khowst province Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared two IEDs in Khowst district. Operations...

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French, Malian Troops Clash With Islamists Around Gao

map by Evan Centanni (www.polgeonow.com) French and Malian troops suffered casualties in clashes with Islamist fighters near northern Mali's main town, Gao, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday. He vowed to hunt down the combatants and claimed they had suffered "significant losses". "Once our troops, supported by Malian forces, started patrols around...

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Boko Haram training camps found in Mali

Hundreds of Boko Haram members stayed at training camps with Malian militants for months in Timbuktu, learning to fix Kalashnikovs and launch shoulder-fired weapons, a report has said.  The Nigerians fled the city into the desert, along with the other militants, days before a French airstrike on January 20, American newspaper Wall Street Journal reported. A man who...

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