War News for Tuesday, November 05, 2013


Pakistan urged to maintain supplies

Pakistan army shows its anti-drone technology   


Reported security incidents
#1: At least four people were killed Tuesday when a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into an Afghan security checkpost near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border-crossing at Chaman, Afghan police said. The explosion occurred near Wesh Mandi area on the Afghan side of the border, injuring over a dozen other people, Afghan police officials said.

#2: Three attackers who torched two NATO oil tankers earlier Monday have been killed in a shootout with paramilitary troops near Jandan area of Sibbi, a city of Baluchistan province.

#3: Afghan National Army Special Forces (ANA-SF) led an Afghan National Security Force patrol in Achin district, eastern Nangarhar province, killing six insurgents in a gunfight, the alliance said Tuesday.

#4: Fourteen militants were killed and 53 others arrested as Afghan police launched cleanup operations in different provinces within the day, the country's Interior Ministry said Tuesday.


DoD: Sgt. 1st Class Forrest W. Robertson