War News for Saturday, April 014, 2012

Turkish air raids kill 35 on Iraq border


Reported security incidents
#1: Fourteen Taliban militants have been killed and 34 others injured during clean-up operations within the past 24 hours, the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Saturday. "Afghan police and army, backed by NATO-led coalition forces, launched nine clean-up operations in Nangarhar, Kunduz, Badakhshan, Kandahar, Ghazni, Wardak, Khost and Paktia provinces, killing 14 armed Taliban insurgents and injuring 34 others over the past 24 hours," China's Xinhua news agency quoted the ministry as saying in a statement.

#2: In a separate development, a district chief was seriously injured when a roadside bomb went off in the northwestern province of Badghis, a spokesman for the provincial government said. "Bala Murghab administration chief Mohammad Hashim Habibi and four of his guards were seriously injured when their vehicle ran over a roadside bomb along a road in the district late on Friday," spokesman Sharafuddin Majidi told Xinhua on Saturday.

#3: According to local security authorities in eastern Nuristan province, an extensive operation has been launched and is in progress by Afghan security forces in this province. The officials further added, the operation was launched in Kamdish district of eastern Nuristan province last Wednesday to clear the area from the presence of Taliban militants. Mohammad Zarin Head of the provincial governor media office said, around 400 Afghan security forces including Afghan police, Afghan army and Afghan commandos have participated in the operation and are also being supported by NATO air force. Mr. Zarin further added, at least 5 villages have been cleared from the presence of Taliban militants so far and this is the first major operation launched by Afghan security forces in this district. According to Mohammad Zarin at least 29 Taliban militants have been killed and 30 others have been injured during the military operations so far. He also said, at least 1 Afghan army soldier was killed and 3 Afghan police forces were injured during the operations who were taken to capital Kabul for treatment purposes. At least 1 Afghan woman was killed and another was injured during the operations, Mohammad Zarin said.

#4: According to local security officials in eastern Ghazni province, a NATO drone crashed in this province on Friday night. Provincial intelligence, National Directorate for security chief Syed Amirshah Sadat said, the drone crashed in eastern Ghazni city on Friday night due to technical problems.

#5: According to local officials in southern Helmand province, at least 11 people were injured following a explosion in this province. The officials further added the incident took place on Friday morning at Sangin district after a motorcycle packed with explosives went off in a market.


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