War News for Friday, April 13, 2012

Angry Afghans chop off ears of roadside bomb suspect

Pakistan Parliament Allows non-Lethal Supplies to NATO

Pakistan Gives U.S. a List of Demands, Including an End to C.I.A. Drone Strikes


Reported security incidents
#1: Gunship helicopters on Thursday heavily pounded militants’ positions near Afghan border, killing 15 militants and destroyed four hideouts in central Kurram Agency.Official sources in the local administration said that the choppers targeted the militants’ hideouts in Joki Zaranna areas, killing fifteen extremists. The dead included militants from Waziristan, Kurram, Orakzai, and Khyber tribal agencies, Kohat division and some foreigners. The forces initiated the operation in the area after frequents attacks on the security forces by the extremists.

#2: At least five people, including three civilians, were killed late on Thursday when a suicide bomber struck in northern Afghanistan, police said. The attack in Kunduz city was the latest in a wave of violence recently that has left dozens of Afghan civilians as well as Afghan and foreign security forces dead or injured.

#3: A motorbike bomb rocked Sangin town in the southern Helmand province 555 km south of capital Kabul on Friday, injuring 11 people, an official said. "The terrorists planted explosive in the cavities of a motorcycle and detonated it by remote control in the bazaar of Sangin district at around 08:00 a.m. local time as a result 11 people were injured," spokesman for provincial administration Daud Ahmadi told Xinhua.


DoD: Lance Cpl. Ramon T. Kaipat