3 security personnel, 9 militants killed in clashes in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, May 10 (Xinhua) -- At least three security personnel and nine militants were killed on Friday during armed clashes in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of Kurram Agency, local media reported.The clashes started after a group of militants armed with heavy weapons stormed a check post of security forces in Para Chamkani area of Kurram Agency, one of the country's...

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Rebel leader among 4 killed in Ghazni clash

GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Four Taliban, including one of their commanders, have been killed in a clash with police in the Qarabagh district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Friday.The gunbattle was triggered by an overnight insurgent attack on a post of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) force in the area, Fazal Rahman Nazarwal, the district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan...

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Pakistan: 3 killed, 11 injured in Miranshah market blast

MIRANSHAH: A motorbike bomb close to party political offices killed three people and wounded 11 in Miranshah on the eve of the country's general election. The bomb went off in the main bazaar of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan district, a security official said. Witnesses and hospital officials said 11 people had been taken to Miranshah Civil Hospital,...

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In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 17 Armed Taliban Killed (May 10.2013.)

Publish Date: May 10, 2013      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...

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May 10., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security and coalition forces detained one suspected insurgent and discovered one weapons cache during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, May 9. Paktya province Afghan National Security and coalition forces detained one suspected insurgent and discovered one weapons cache during operations in the Laja ...

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Follower of Mohammed al Zawahiri dies in attack in Mali

By Thomas Joscelyn - May 10, 2013 - LWJ Abu Obeida Sharif Khattab can be seen in the lower left foreground of this photo. Mohammed al Zawahiri is in the middle. To Zawahiri's left is Sheikh Adel Shehato. Members of al Qaeda's Shumukh al Islam forum announced on May 4 that four Egyptian jihadists died in a "martyrdom-seeking" operation...

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Hezbollah says ready to receive "game-changing weapons" from Syria

BEIRUT, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese Hezbollah's chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel Thursday that his militia is ready to receive "game-changing weapons" from Syria."Israel bombed Syria in order to say that continuing to back the resistance (against Israel) and supply it with military aid will lead to the downfall of the regime," Nasrallah said in a televised...

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