IED Found, eight militants detained
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and Coalition Forces conducted operations March 16 in Logar (Lowgar) and Paktya (Paktia) Provinces to disable an improvised explosive device-making cell and further disrupt the Haqqani network operating in Afghanistan.
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Seven militants killed, three detained in Kandahar Province
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and Coalition Forces killed seven Taliban militants and detained three suspected militants during operations March 17 to disrupt an improvised explosive device-making cell responsible for targeting Afghan civilians and Coalition Forces in Kandahar Province.
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Afghan, Coalition Forces disrupt suicide bomber, IED-making cell
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan Forces, with a small contingent of Coalition Forces, conducted operations early March 19 in Bati Kowt District, Nangarhar Province, approximately 30 km southeast of Jalalabad, to disable an Al Qaida cell that facilitates suicide bombers and plans improvised explosive device attacks.
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Special operations troops deliver smiles to Bagram schoolchildren
KABUL, Afghanistan - Troops from the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Afghanistan delivered gifts to a primary school March 15 near Bagram Airfield.
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ANA kill 30 militants, destroy IED cache in Helmand
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan National Army soldiers advised by Coalition forces killed 30 armed militants in Gereshk Disrict, Helmand Province Thursday.
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Eagle Resolve begins with command post exercise
DOHA, Qatar — Eagle Resolve 2009 began a week-long command post exercise here Sunday with officials from the GCC nations and United States.
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Maersk-Alabama captain rescued
MANAMA, Bahrain - At approximately 7:19 p.m (12:19 p.m. EDT) U.S. naval forces rescued Capt. Richard Phillips, the master of Motor Vessel Maersk-Alabama.
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President Obama's statement on the rescue of Capt. Phillips
I am very pleased that Captain Phillips has been rescued and is safely on board the USS Boxer. His safety has been our principal concern, and I know this is a welcome relief to his family and his crew.
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Afghan commandos disrupt IED network in Wardak
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan National Army Commandos of the 6th Kandak, with minimal assistance from Coalition Forces advisors, destroyed two improvised explosive device caches in Sayed Abad (Seyyedabad) District, Wardak (Vardak, Wardag) Province, March 6.
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ABP, Coalition Forces kill seven militants, detain five
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan Border Police and Coalition Forces conducted multiple complex operations in Khowst and Kandahar Provinces March 7, killing seven militants and detaining five suspected militants.
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