NATO soldier shot injured by Afghan (not killed 6 in Paktika)

Districts of Paktika Province (Photo credit: Wikipedia) SHARAN (PAN): An Afghan soldier has shot injured his NATO counterpart in the latest insider attack in southeastern Paktika province, the governor’s office said on Wednesday.The overnight green-on-blue assault happened on a joint Afghan-ISAF military base in Orgun district, a statement from the governor’s house said.According...

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16 militants join peace process in Herat

(file photo) HERAT CITY (PAN): A group of 16 insurgents including their commander joined the government-initiated reconciliation process in western Herat province, an official said on Wednesday.    Led by Arbab Mohammad Qasim, the group was active in the Karkh district. The ex-rebels surrendered their weapons to security officials in the Kashore area, police...

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Pakistani Taliban overrun rival faction's headquarters, dozens killed

By LWJ Staff - March 20, 2013 - LWJ Residents pick through rubble following a military air strike against suspected militant positions in the Tirah Valley, Khyber Agency, in late December 2012. Militants associated with Ansar-ul-Islam and Tehrik-e-Taliban-e Pakistan (TTP) have been battling each other over the strategic highlands of eastern Khyber for several months....

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In Several Joint Clearance Operations, Two Armed Taliban Killed (Mar.20.2013.)

Publish Date: Mar 20, 2013 In Several Joint Clearance Operations, Two 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...

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Mar. 20., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban facilitator and one other insurgent during an operation in Mazar-e Sharif district, Balkh province, yesterday. The facilitator is accused of procuring improvised explosive device components, suicide vests and other weapons and distributing them to his fellow fighters for use in attacks against...

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Mar. 20., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces found and safely cleared five improvised explosive devices, detained three suspected insurgents and discovered one weapons cache during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, March 19. Khowst province Afghan and coalition forces discovered a weapons cache during operations in the Khowst district....

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Mali: Al Qaeda in Africa Says It Beheads French Hostage

Nouakchott — Al Qaeda's wing in north Africa said it had beheaded a French hostage in retaliation for France's intervention in Mali, Mauritania's ANI news agency reported on Tuesday, citing a spokesman for the group.In what ANI reported was a telephone call to the agency, which has close links to Islamist militants, the commander said Philippe Verdon had been beheaded on...

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Al-Shabab Retakes Somali Town After Ethiopian Pullout

map by Evan Centanni (www.polgeonow.com) Militant group al-Shabab has retaken a town in central Somalia after Ethiopian troops unexpectedly pulled out.Witnesses say al-Shabab occupied the town of Huddur, the capital of Somalia's Bakool region, immediately after the Ethiopian withdrawal on Sunday morning.The commander of Somali troops in the region, Colonel Hassan Isaaq...

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