Coordinated Bombings Kill at Least 9 in Iraq

A series of coordinated blasts rocked the heart of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 9 people and wounding dozens.The explosions Thursday took place in the Allawi district, which houses several government ministries. It's near the heavily fortified Green Zone, where several Western embassies are located. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.The bombings...

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Pakistani soldier stoned to death for love affair

English: Map of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Photo credit: Wikipedia) (Reuters) - A Pakistani soldier was publicly stoned to death on the order of a tribal court in the country's northwestern Kurram region for having an affair with a local woman, government officials and tribesmen said on Wednesday.Such tribal justice is a stark reminder of the difficulty in establishing...

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Female Czech tourists kidnapped in Baluchistan province

Unidentified gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped two women tourists from the Czech Republic in Baluchistan, officials said.Abdul Qadus, a top government official in the area said, the women were on the road from Iran to Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s southwest Baluchistan province, when they were seized on Wednesday.Qadus further added the two had been given a police guard...

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Coordinated terrorist attacks foiled in Kabul city

(file photo) Afghan intelligence department — national directorate of security (NDS) officails announced at least five Haqqani network militants were during a gun battle in capital Kabul on Wednesday.According to a statement released by national directorate of security (NDS) Afghan security forces prevented a coordinated attack by Haqqani network militants in kabul...

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Tunisian 'martyrs' celebrated by Ansar al Sharia

A poster honoring eight Tunisians who died fighting in Syria. By Thomas Joscelyn - March 13, 2013 - LWJ In early February, a video of an interview with Ansar al Sharia Tunisia's leader Seifallah ben Hassine (a.k.a. Abu Iyad al Tunisi) was released online after it had been banned by government officials. Hassine, who is wanted for instigating...

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Mar. 14., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces found and safely cleared eight improvised explosive devices and discovered one weapons cache during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, March 13. Ghazni province Afghan and coalition forces found and safely cleared an IED during operations in the Dehyak district. Khowst province Afghan and...

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10 buzkashi game spectators killed in Afghanistan suicide attack

Districts of Kunduz. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) KABUL - A suicide bomber blew himself up, killing 10 people Wednesday as a crowd of Afghans was watching the traditional sport of goat grabbing locally known as buzkashi, officials said.Among the 10 killed in the bombing in the remote village of Basos were several family members of the Afghan speaker of parliament, according...

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Mali Islamists, Separatists Join Forces

An armed Islamist group occupying parts of northern Mali says it has joined forces with one of the country's main separatist movements.Alghabasse Ag Intalla, head of the Islamic Movement for Azawad, told VOA correspondent Idriss Fall that the Islamist group has signed an agreement with the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, or MNLA.Intalla says the two groups...

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Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs strongly rejects Itar-Tas story on counter-narcotics operation

Publish Date: Mar 13, 2013 Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs strongly rejects Itar-Tas story on counter-narcotics operation The Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs therefore strongly rejects the March 12 story run by Itar-Tas.  That story is entirely baseless. The fact is that Afghan Counter Narcotics Special Operation...

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7 killed in Afghan police checkpoint attack in S. province

Kabul, March 13 (Xinhua-ANI): One Afghan policeman and six militants were killed in an attack launched overnight by Taliban at a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan province of Helmand, an official said Wednesday."Unknown number of Taliban militants raided a police checkpoint in Zhranda area of Sangin district late Tuesday night as a result one policeman and six militants...

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Local police commander dies in Panjwai blast

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): A local police commander was killed and two of his bodyguards suffered shrapnel injuries when a roadside bomb ripped through their vehicle in the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Wednesday.   Once served as a Taliban commander, Mullah Zainullah, who joined the government-initiated peace process a year ago,...

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