War News for Thursday, December 29, 2011

The French MoD is reporting the deaths of 2 French ISAF soldiers from small arms fire/gunshot wounds by an Afghan Army soldier in the Tagab Valley, Kapisa province, Afghanistan on Friday, December 29th. The ANA soldier was also killed.


Pakistani death squads go after informants to U.S. drone program

Nato vehicles caused Rs15bn damage to highways

Airstrike kills 35 in southeast Turkey, probe underway

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, December 28


Reported security incidents
#1: A roadside bomb has killed at least 10 police officers in the south-western Afghan province of Helmand, police say. Thursday's explosion destroyed a police truck as it drove through a village in Nad Ali district, officers said. The police were leaving a training centre when their vehicle was hit. The Taliban have said they carried out the attack. Some of those killed were reported to be new recruits. One other policeman was injured by the blast.

#2: At least two Afghan National Police service members were injured in eastern Afghanistan. A spokesman for Afghan National Border Protection Police Forces Edris Momand said, the incident took place around 9 am local time in eastern Nangarhar province. Mr. Momand further added, the explosion took place after a police Ranger vehicle struck with a roadside bomb in Barikab area. He also said, at least two Afghan National Border Protection Police service members were injured in the incident and were taken to provincial hospital for the treatment purposes.

#3: Three suspected Taliban have been killed and four detained as Afghan forces and NATO-led Coalition troops launched a series of military operations around the country, Afghan Interior Ministry said on Thursday. "Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan army and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops launched three joint operations in Kandahar, Ghazni and Takhar province over the past 24 hours," the ministry said in a press release on Thursday morning.


DoD: Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Altmann