The French MoD is reporting the death of a French ISAF Legionnaire from small arms fire in the Tagab Valley, southern Kapisa province, Afghanistan on Thursday, April 8th.
NATO is reporting the deaths of three U.S. ISAF soldiers in an CV-22 Osprey crash seven miles west of Qalat City, Zabul Province, Afghanistan on Thursday, April 8th. A civilian contractor was also killed, and numerous other service members were also injured in the crash.
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Reported security incidents
Diyala Prv:
#1: A female body was found on Friday by security forces in north of Baaquba, a police source said. “The forces found the unknown corpse in Jadieda al-Shatt region in Khales, north of Baaquba,” the source, who asked for anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The body shows signs of gunshot wounds to the head,” he added.
Mosul:
#1: A civilian man was killed and another wounded in a shooting attack in western Mosul city on Thursday, a police source in Ninewa said. “Gunmen opened fire on two civilians in al-Islah al-Ziraie neighborhood, western Mosul, killing one and wounding the other,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
#2: Iraqi army and U.S. forces will conduct an artillery drill south of Mosul city on Friday, according to a U.S. military statement on Thursday.
#3: Iraqi army forces defused an improvised explosive device (IED) that was emplaced near a mosque in northern Mosul city on Thursday, an army source said. “The IED was defused without incident near a mosque in al-Baladiyat neighborhood, northern Mosul, based on tip-offs from local resident,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
#4: A gunman was killed and another wounded in a blast from an improvised explosive device they were trying to plant in northern Mosul city on Thursday, a security source in Ninewa said. “The two gunmen were trying to emplace the IED inside a house in al-Rashidiya area, northern Mosul, when it went off, killing one of them and wounding the other,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
#5: Two policemen were killed by gunmen in central Mosul on Friday, according to a police source. “Two policemen were killed on Friday by gunmen in Bab al-Toub region in central Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The two cops were killed while on vacation in a crowded area on Friday,” he added
Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"
#1: At least 18 militants were killed and four arrested when security forces repulsed an attack on their checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, a media report Friday said. The exchange of fire took place in Bezot Khel village in the Orakzai tribal district on the night between Thursday and Friday when some 40 militants attacked the checkpoint, Online news agency reported, quoting sources.
#2: A local soldier was badly injured after a mortar attack at his base camp in Afghanistan.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dennis Downs, 26, originally of Whitehall, suffered severe injuries to both of his legs after a mortar round hit a building at Camp Connelly in Afghanistan early Thursday morning. "There were no fatalities, but two service members and one U.S. civilian was wounded. The injury to one of the individuals was minor. Those to the other two were more serious, but not life-threatening," he said. Sean Turner, the Middle East spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense, said mortar attacks are very common in Afghanistan.
#3: Taliban insurgents ambushed and killed a tribal elder, Haji Abdul Samad, along with four others in the town of Marjah, southern Helmand province on Thursday, provincial governor spokesman Dawood Ahmadi said.
#4: Afghan and NATO-led troops killed three insurgents during an operation in the northern Chardara district of northern Kunduz province overnight, district chief Abdul Wahed Omarkhel said.
#5: Two Taliban insurgents were killed and three policemen and three insurgents wounded during a firefight in the northern Takhar province on Thursday, provincial police chief Sher Ahmad said.
#6: A would-be suicide bomber blew himself up and another was shot dead by the police during a shootout in a remote village in northwest Pakistan on Friday, local TV channels reported. Police surrounded two suspected bombers in Lakki Marwat district of North-West Frontier Province after information was received about their entry into the area for terrorist attacks.
The bombers refused to surrender and fired at the police party at Amir Wanda village, police said. The police party, led by district police officer Ayub Khan, returned fire and one bomber exploded his bomb stripped to the body to avoid arrest and the other was killed by the police, the private Geo television reported. Eye witnesses said that the bomber arrived at Amir Wanda village on motor bike and a large contingent of police rushed to the area after receiving information about their presence. They said that the young bombers exchanged fire with police for some 30 minutes.
#7: A roadside bomb exploded in northern Afghanistan's Kunduz province Friday, causing no casualty, a local police official said. Abdul Rahman Haqtash, deputy police chief of Kunduz province, told Xinhua that the bombing was targeted a NATO convoy which was on road near Kunduz city, the provincial capital.
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