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Heavy fighting in Kunar Province

June 27th, 2010 | Comments Off

A combined force of more than 600 Afghan and International Security Assistance Forces are conducting operations against al-Qaida and Taliban insurgents in Kunar province June 27. At present, a number of insurgents have been killed in the attack against al-Qaida and Taliban leadership in the area. ISAF and Afghan authorities confirm three of their forces have died in the battle, including two U.S. service members. “We will continue to take the fight to the enemy alongside our Afghan partners,” said Maj. Gen. John F. Campbell, commanding general of Regional Command-East. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families who lost loved ones in the fight against our common enemies, the Taliban and al-Qaida”. The combined force has taken precautions to prevent collateral damage, and ISAF has no reports of injuries to civilians. The fighting … Read entire article »

Filed under: Afghanistan, Terrorist Death Watch, War on Terror

March 19-20 Taliban Toes Up Total

March 23rd, 2009 | Comments Off

Afghan and coalition forces killed 36 enemy fighters and detained eight suspects in operations in Afghanistan today and yesterday, military officials reported. In operations today [March 20 2009]: – Afghan forces, with a small contingent of coalition forces, killed a man who engaged them during the clearance portion of an operation in the Marah Warah district of Konar province. The operation’s goal was to disrupt bombing and foreign-fighter networks near Afghanistan’s eastern border. Three suspected militants were detained. The force destroyed weapons and bomb-making materials found at the site and protected six women and six children during the operation. – Afghan and coalition forces killed three militants and detained one suspect during an operation targeting mid- and high-level members of a Kabul-based bomb-making cell operating in Lowgar province. In the province’s Baraki Barak … Read entire article »

Filed under: Afghanistan, Terrorist Death Watch, War on Terror

Salem Bridge Reopens Over Thar Thar Canal

August 25th, 2008 | Comments Off

Iraqi army soldiers operating in an area shared by Regimental Combat Team 1, escorted local sheiks and tribal leaders across a newly constructed bridge in the Bagharra region of Iraq, Aug. 19, 2008. The passage marked the re-opening of the Salem Bridge, an important link in connecting local citizens with cities on the other side of the Thar Thar Canal. Insurgents had demolished the original bridge with improvised explosive devices more than a year ago, forcing locals to travel nearly five hours to cross the canal. “Before this bridge opened, the people were suffering,” said 2nd Lt. Nasser Kazzoy, scout platoon commander with the Iraqi army. “Now that the bridge is open, people can cross the bridge and get to the other side in five minutes.” Bagharra, a remote area with vast open … Read entire article »

Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror

A Symbol of Progress in Ramadi

July 23rd, 2008 | Comments Off

A Symbol of Progress in Ramadi

The Provincial Government Center for al Anbar, located in the heart of downtown Ramadi, was a vicious and violent battleground for much of the last five years. But as the city emerges from the violence that has plagued it for so long, thanks in part to Iraqi and coalition forces’ security efforts, the center now stands as a as a symbol of peace and stability. Governmental leaders operate there daily, overseeing a variety of departments critical … Read entire article »

Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror