Two field commanders of the Islamic opposition located in eastern Tajikistan’s Rasht Valley have reportedly agreed to lay down their weapons and join forces with government troops to “hunt down foreign militants.”

The independent news agency Asia-Plus quoted authorities in Rasht as saying that 27 members of armed groups commanded by Mirzokhuja Ahmadov and Mullo Sadriddin surrendered their weapons earlier this week.

The news came after local media reported on October 14 that Tajik officials were negotiating with local commanders in Rasht to end intense fighting that has been going on in the onetime militant stronghold for nearly a month. The ongoing military operation against militants began when 28 government troops were killed on September 19 when their convoy was ambushed in Rasht’s remote Kamarob Gorge.

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http://www.rferl.org … n_Rasht/2191514.html

Three soldiers of International Security Assistance Force (Isaf, under Nato command) have died today in western Afghanistan. 3 soldiers killed are not italians. Western region is that where are actually deployed almost more than 3.500 italian soldiers present in Afghanistan. Isaf referred only that the death occurred because outbreak of rudimentary bomb.

In last 24 hours 9 foreign soldiers died in attacks.

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http://temporeale.li … 10-14_114555702.html

Several dozen Russian official media outlets reported on October 9 that a video of Last Appeal by 4 representatives of guerrillas, fighting in the Far East of the present-day Russia for freedom and independence of their country - the Amur Republic with its capital in Vladivostok - had been posted on the Youtube.

According to informal polls, the majority of the population of in Russian Far East wants to join Japan as its mainland province or to have their own independent state.

Russian media outlets suggest that the guerrillas in the Russian Far East use military experience of the Mujahideen of the Caucasus Emirate, and perhaps, at least some of them have secretly converted to Islam.

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http://www.kavkazcen … 10/10/10/12604.shtml

Afghan taliban militias revenged this morning the attack made yesterday in Farah zone, in Afghanistan, in which four italian soldiers have lost life. In a statement diffused on own web-site, and signed by spokesman of west regions, Qari Muhammad Yusuf Ahmadi, “our armed attack against a logistical convoy of occupant forces in Gulistan, in Farah, 10 military vehicles have been destroyed”.

Taliban spokesman never mentions the nationality of our soldiers but explains that “extensive damages have been caused to enemy, we have killed and wounded many soldiers but at moment we don’t know exact number”.

Statement speaks about launches of rockets followed by first explosion, and it does add that have been executed other two attacks against Nato troupes on the same area in the morning and in the evening of yesterday.

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http://www.ilgiornal … 72-page=0-comments=1

Four italian soldiers died and a fifth was wounded during an anbush after 9:45 (7:45 in Italy) against a convoy of sixties italian vehicles that was going toward Gulistan valley, in Farah Province, to transport material necessary to build an advanced base. Victims are all alpini. The umpteenth attack against italian contingent has reopened the debate on participation at Isaf mission and on possible exit strategy.

Defence Ministry, Ignazio La Russa, has explained in a press conference as the same convoy was already attacked - without consequences - on Friday, he said also names of victims of Afghanistan attack. Caporal Gianmarco Manca, 32 years old, of Alghero (Sassari); Caporal Marco Pedone, 23 years old of Gagliano del Capo (Lecce); Caporal Sebastiano Ville, born in Lentini (Siracusa) on 1983M Caporal Francesco Vannozzi, born in Pisa on 1984. Wounded soldier is Luca Cornacchia, 31 years old, native in Pescina (L’Aquila). Soldiers belonged at seventh regiment of alpini in Belluno, assigned Julia brigade.

The News:
http://www.corriere. … d-00144f02aabc.shtml