War News for Friday, October 18, 2013

Suspected al Qaeda attack in Yemen kills 7 soldiers, security officials say


Reported security incidents
#1: Suspected Taliban militants fired two rockets at an Italian base in the Shindand District of the western Afghanistan Herat Province Friday but no one was hurt.

#2: At least eleven suspected Taliban militants were killed following a NATO airstrike in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan on Thursday.

#3: At least five Afghan police officers were killed following a roadside bomb explosion in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan on Thursday.