Tuesday, 19 February, 2013

21 Taliban were killed in a clash by Afghan Security Forces.
Interior ministry press office said BNA, the Afghan Security Forces in the last 24 hours conducted 9 operations in the relevant area of Nangarhar, Baghlan, Kandahar, Zabul, Urozgan, Maidan-Wardak, Logar, Herat and Helmand provinces as a result of which 21 Taliban were killed, 5 wounded and 21 others arrested.
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Monday, 18 February, 2013

Rebels wounded during fresh fighting in Sudan’s Blue Nile state have retreated to South Sudan, the army said on Monday, after Washington warned of a dangerous increase in tensions on the undemarcated border.
The army statement followed claims by rebels of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) that a government offensive in Blue Nile had forced thousands to flee.
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Pakistani police have revised the cause of a blast that killed 83 people on Saturday, saying a suicide bomber was behind the attack that pulverized a busy marketplace.
The explosion targeted Shiite Muslims in Hazara, on the outskirts of the southwestern city of Quetta, authorities said.
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Sunday, 17 February, 2013

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) will hold talks with the Sudanese government in Addis Ababa on 5 March, announced Yasir Arman, the secretary-general of the group on Friday.
In a written statement emailed to Sudan Tribune, Arman said the SPLM-N chairman, Malik Agar, had confirmed in a message to the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) that a 10-member delegation, led by the movement’s secretary-general, will take part in the talks.
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Saturday, 16 February, 2013

Syrian rebels have captured a military airbase in the north and geared up for a major battle against regime forces as the opposition says it refuses to accept President Bashar al-Assad in talks on the 23-month conflict.
The rebels on Friday said they overran the base in the town of Sfeira, east of Aleppo international airport, and captured a large stockpile of ammunition.
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Friday, 15 February, 2013

Somali government forces with the support of African Union troops have this morning captured three strategic towns from the al-Qaeda affiliated terror group al-Shabaab.
In simultaneous operations, the joint forces faced little resistance as they secured the towns of Janalle, Aw Dhigle and Barire, located South West of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, along the Shabelle River.
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Thursday, 14 February, 2013

Syrian opposition fighters on Thursday shot down two military warplanes over the northwestern province of Idlib, said a monitoring group.
Both jets were hit with fire from heavy machineguns while the air force was carrying out a series of raids in the area, much of which is under the control of the opposition fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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