War News for Monday, April 16, 2012

NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier from an IED blast in an undisclosed location in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, April 15th.


Afghanistan claims control of Kabul after Taliban attacks

Complex Attack by Taliban Sends Message to the West


Reported security incidents
#1: AN Afghan soldier was shot dead today after firing at allied NATO troops inside a military base near Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, officials said. "An army soldier has opened fire on ISAF [International Security Assistance Force] vehicle to kill troops," General Abdul Hameed Hameed, Afghan army commander for southern Afghanistan, told AFP. NATO troops at the Atal Army Corps base, just outside Kandahar, then returned fire and killed the attacker. ISAF said it was aware of the incident and confirmed there were no ISAF casualties in a statement on Twitter. It added that an investigation was underway but gave no more details.

#2: Dozens of Islamist militants stormed a prison in northwest Pakistan early on Sunday and freed nearly 400 inmates. Pakistan's Taliban movement, which is close to al-Qaida, said it was behind the brazen assault by militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47 assault rifles. The attackers fired rocket propelled grenades at the black, metal gates of the prison, blowing them open. Debris was strewn on the ground inside, including locks that had been shot off doors. Walls were pockmarked with bullet holes.

#3: An explosion rocked Kapisa's provincial capital Mahmoud Raqi 65 km north of Kabul on Sunday killing three people, a local official said. "The gruesome incident appeared to be a bomb blast, happened at around 10:30 a.m. local time leaving three policemen dead," the official told Xinhua but declined to give his name saying authorized officials would brief the media after investigation.


DoD: Sgt. Tanner S. Higgins