7 people killed in Ghazni suicide blast on Wednesday evening

Map of Afghanistan with Ghazni highlighted (Photo credit: Wikipedia) GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Seven people were killed and several others, including women and children, were injured when a suicide bomber struck a restaurant in southern Ghazni province late on Wednesday, an official said. The attack took place around 7:30pm in the Town of Maqur, killing three members...

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15 killed, 90 wounded in fresh attacks in Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 15 people were killed and 90 others wounded in violent attacks across Iraq on Tuesday, said the police.A car bomb went off near the Abu Ghraib Grand Mosque, a Sunni mosque in Abu Ghraib area, 25 km west of the capital Baghdad, on Tuesday evening, killing eight people and injuring 15 others, a police source told Xinhua on condition of...

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In Several Joint Clearance Operations, 32 Armed Taliban Killed (May 22.2013.)

  Publish Date: May 22, 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 and enemies of peace and stability of Afghanistan. The operations were conducted in Kunar, Kapisa,...

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Explosion rocks Ghazni city in eastern Afganistan

A relatively heavy explosion rocked Ghazni city in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday morning.Deputy provincial governor Mohammad Ali Ahmadi confirming the report said the incident took place in a bus station.Officials in Ghazni state hospital said at least six people killed or injured following the blast have been taken to the hospital and the health condition of a number...

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Ansar al-Din spokesman surrenders to Mauritania

A spokesman for Malian Islamist group Ansar al-Din surrendered to Mauritanian forces on Saturday (May 18th), near the Mali border.Sanda Ould Bouamama (aka Abou Mohamed) "was transferred at the week-end to Nouakchott, where he is currently being questioned by the police", ANI reported.Last month, Ould Bouamama told ANI that he was close to the border between Mali and Algeria...

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May 22., 2013. - ISAF Joint Command Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader and four other insurgents during an operation in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, today. The leader plans, directs and executes attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. He is also instrumental in producing and emplacing improvised explosive devices in Nahr-e Saraj, in addition...

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May 22., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security and coalition forces killed 10 insurgents, detained four suspected insurgents and safely cleared six improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, May 21. Ghazni province Afghan National Security and coalition forces killed eight insurgents during operations in the Andar...

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26 attackers killed in Sangin battle

LASHKARGAH (PAN): As many as 26 Taliban insurgents and four policemen were killed during fierce gun-battles entering a second day on Tuesday in southern Helmand province, an official said.Hundreds of Taliban fighters, including foreigners, launched cooperated attacks on police posts in the Sangin district around 5am on Monday, the governor's spokesman said.Omar Zwak said...

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ISAF statement on media report of 500-1,000 insurgents in Helmand attacking checkpoints

ISAF Joint CommandKABUL, Afghanistan – “The International Security Assistance Force is not seeing anywhere near the reported 500 – 1,000 insurgents. Our reporting shows there were about 10 groups of four to five fighters each doing drive-by shootings against five police checkpoints. Local Afghan security forces called for ANSF reinforcements and none of the checkpoints...

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Roadside bombing kills 6 police in Herat

HERAT, Afghanistan, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Six Afghan police were killed as a roadside bomb went off in Herat province 640 km west of Kabul on Tuesday, a local official said.  "The ill-fated policemen were on the way to Obe district this morning when their vehicle ran over a mine on the road leading to Salma dam, leaving all the six aboard the van dead,"district police...

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