At least 5 killed, 120 wounded in suicide attack on police HQ in N. Iraq

KIRKUK, Iraq, March 11 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and 120 wounded in a suicide car bomb attack targeting a police headquarters in a town at Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk on Monday, a provincial police source said.The attack occurred in the morning when a suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden car near the police headquarters in the town of al-Debis,...

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Five Mine Planters Killed and Arrested in Helmand and Uruzgan Provinces

Publish Date: Mar 11, 2013 Five Mine Planters Killed and Arrested in Helmand and Uruzgan Provinces Four mine planters were killed by their own explosives while they were placing a roadside mine in the Gaw Band region, Grashk district of Helmand province yesterday at 10:30 Am. In the meantime, Afghan National Police arrested a...

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In Several Joint Clearance Operations, Six Armed Taliban Killed (Mar.11.2013.)

Publish Date: Mar 11, 2013 In Several Joint Clearance Operations, Six Armed Taliban Killed Counterterrorism: In past 24 hours, Afghan National Police conducted several joint clearance operations with the cooperation of Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces to clean some of the areas from terrorists and enemies of peace...

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7 militants killed by own bombs in Afghanistan

KABUL (PAN): Six Taliban men were killed when the explosives they possessed for making bombs exploded accidently inside a house in southern Helmand province, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Monday. A seventh rebel was killed in a similar incident in the Panjwai district of neighouring Kandahar province, the ministry said in a statement. The six militants...

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Mar. 11., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader and detained one other insurgent during an operation in Nawah-ye Barakzai district, Helmand province, today. The leader is accused of coordinating ambushes against Afghan and coalition forces and is believed to have a history of directing subordinate fighters to engage in attacks utilizing...

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Mar. 11., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces detained one suspected insurgent, killed one insurgent, found and safely cleared one improvised explosive devices and found one weapons cache during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, March 10. Ghazni province Afghan and coalition forces killed one insurgent during operations in the Dehyak...

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Insider attack leaves 2 US troops, 3 Afghan police dead

Districts of Wardak. Jalrez in blue (Photo credit: Wikipedia) According to local authorities in central-eastern Wardak province of Afgahnistan, at least two US troops and three Afghan security forces were killed after an Afghan police officer opened fire inside a police station.Monday’s incident in Wardak province appears to be the latest in a series of insider attacks...

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3 rebels killed in Faryab offensive

Districts of Faryab. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) MAIMANA (PAN): Three militants were killed during a security operation by Afghan security forces in northern Faryab province on Sunday, an official said. Another three rebels were injured in the early morning operation in the Quram Qul district, police spokesman Syed Masoud Yaqubi told Pajhwok Afghan News. Two motorcycles,...

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Italy and Greece confirm hostages killed in Nigeria

(Reuters) - Seven foreign hostages kidnapped last month by a Nigerian Islamist group from a construction company compound have been killed, the Italian and Greek foreign ministries said on Sunday. The al Qaeda-affiliated group Ansaru announced on Saturday that it had killed the hostages seized on February 7 in the northern state of Bauchi because of attempts by Nigerian...

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10 al-Qaida members captured in southern Yemen

ADEN, Yemen, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Yemen's pro-government militiamen raided a terrorist cell and captured 10 al-Qaida members on Sunday in Yemen's southern province of Abyan, a tribal chief told Xinhua.The militiamen destroyed an al-Qaida terrorist cell that was operating in Abyan's Jaar town and planning armed attacks against army posts in the region, the local tribal chief...

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