Taliban ambush leaves 5 Afghan soldiers, 1 police dead in Farah

According to local authorities in western Farah province of Afghanistan, at least six Afghan security forces were killed and four others were injured following Taliban militants ambush. A local security official speaking on the condition of anonymity said the incident took place on Tuesday after Taliban militants ambushed a convoy of the Afghan security forces in Karwangah...

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3 civilians dead, 5 wounded in Helmand bombing

Map showing Helmand province in Afghanistan where British troops are now mostly located. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) LASHKARGAH (PAN): Eight civilians were killed and wounded when the vehicle they were travelling in struck a roadside bomb in southern Helmand province on Wednesday, an official said.The explosion left three people dead and five others wounded in the Nahr-i-Saraj...

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May 08., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader and three other insurgents during an operation in Panjwa’i district, Kandahar province, today. The leader has a history of coordinating and executing attacks against tribal elders in the region, as well as Afghan and coalition forces. In other International Security Assistance Force...

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May 08., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security and coalition forces killed one insurgent, discovered one weapons cache and found and safely cleared 10 improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, May 7. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces found and safely cleared four IEDs during operations in the Ghazni...

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55 people including 22 police officers killed in Boko Haram attack in Bama

At least 55 people were killed as members of the extremist Boko Haram sect attacked a prison, a police base, and other buildings in Bama Town of Borno State.The attack, which occurred in the morning also saw the release of scores of prisoners by the insurgents, witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES.The spokesperson for the Joint Task Force in Borno, Sagir Musa, told Reuters that...

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Tunisia Hunts al-Qaida-linked Militants Near Algeria

TUNIS - The Tunisian army and police force were hunting more than 30 suspected al-Qaida linked militants close to the border with Algeria on Tuesday, and President Moncef Marzouki travelled to the area to oversee the operation in a signal of its importance. An Interior Ministry spokesman said there were about a dozen militants in the city of El Kef and about 20 in the remote...

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