At least 8 killed in suicide bombing in Iraq's Tikrit

TIKRIT, Iraq, April 1 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were killed and 15 wounded when a suicide bomber struck the police headquarters in central Tikrit city, capital of Salahudin province, on Monday, a provincial police source told Xinhua.The attack occurred in the morning when a suicide bomber blew up an explosive-laden tanker near the police headquarters and a nearby...

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Nato containers torched in Balochistan’s Bolan district

(file photo) QUETTA: Unknown militants torched five containers, carrying back Nato supplies from Afghanistan to Port Qasim Karachi, in Balochistan’s Bolan district on Monday.Levies sources told Dawn.com that four motorcycle-riding militants opened fire on containers in Kambiri area of Bolan district adding that the drivers survived the attack.Levies further said that the...

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Apr. 01., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces confirmed today the death of Panjwa’i district’s ranking Taliban official, Abdullah Wakil, during an operation in Panjwa’i district, Kandahar province, yesterday. Wakil was running all Taliban operations in the district. He and his network were responsible for a significant number of insurgent activities, including the...

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Apr. 01., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared 10 improvised explosive devices, detained four suspected insurgents, discovered one weapons cache during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, March 31. Ghanzi province Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared one IED during operations...

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Mali Troops, Islamists Clash in Timbuktu

map by Evan Centanni (www.polgeonow.com) At least one Malian soldier was killed and several others were wounded Sunday during fighting between Malian soldiers backed by French forces  and Islamist militants in the northern city of Timbuktu.Officials say at least five insurgents were also killed in the shootout that started Saturday night after a group of Islamist militants...

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Nigeria: Soldiers Capture Five Boko Haram Suspects

Nigerian soldiers, on Friday, raided and destroyed a house and arsenal belonging to suspected Islamist militants, Boko Haram, in the city of Kano. "Five suspected Islamic militants were arrested in the raid that saw the military seize more than a dozen improvised explosive devices, bomb-making materials, Kalashnikov rifles and machine guns in the building in the Gaida Ajawa...

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Mar. 31., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan and coalition security force detained a senior Taliban leader and several other insurgents during an operation in Pul-e 'Alam district, Logar province, March 31. The detained leader is accused of a wide range of insurgent operations in Logar, including recruiting extremist fighters, managing the Taliban logistical network for the province,...

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Mar. 31., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition Forces found and safely cleared eleven improvised explosive devices, detained one suspected insurgent and killed 15 insurgents during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, March 30. Ghanzi province Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared one IED during operations...

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Attack on major water dam foiled in Herat province of Afghanistan

According to local authorities in western Herat province of Afghanistan  Afghan security forces prevented a major explosion plot on Salma water dam.Provincial governor spokesman for western Herat province, Mohiuddin Noori confirming the report said Afghan intelligence — National Directorate of Security (NDS) forces along with the Afghan national army soldiers seized...

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Vietnam Veterans Day 2013

Statement by Secretary Chuck Hagel on Vietnam Veterans Day             Today and this weekend, communities across the country commemorate Vietnam Veterans Day.             This year we also mark forty years since the end of U.S. combat operations in Vietnam. ...

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Taliban set free Turkish engineer

KABUL (PAN): The Taliban said they released a Turkish engineer held hostage two years ago and handed him over to Turkish officials in the Tagab district of central Kapisa province on Sunday afternoon.A spokesman for the group, Zabihullah Mujahid said engineer Surtaj was freed as a goodwill gesture from the movement towards the people of Turkey. He said the fighters had seized...

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NATO airstrike kills child, 9 Taliban fighters

GHAZNI, Afghanistan —A NATO helicopter killed at least one child and nine suspected Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's east on Saturday, officials and local residents said.Last month, Afghan President Hamid Karzai forbade Afghan forces from calling for NATO air support and forbade international forces from using airstrikes “in Afghan homes or villages.”NATO initially said...

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