War News for Wednesday, January 15, 2014

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Reported security incidents
#1: Unknown militants installed a remote-controlled bomb at a roadside in Khyber’s Zakakhel area near a barricaded post of Amn Committee. The bomb went off with a loud explosion. Subsequently, two Amn Committee volunteers were killed.

#2: In recent news received from Peshawar, a police officer died in an explosion which took place in the Raigi Area of the city. The incident took place on Tuesday and the death toll was confirmed on Wednesday after a thorough investigation took place on the incident.

#3: At least 16 Taliban militants have been killed across Afghanistan in operations within the last 24 hours, an Afghan Interior Ministry statement said on Wednesday. The operations were reportedly conducted in the Parwan, Baghlan, Kunduz, Kandahar, Zabul, Logar and Paktiya provinces. Three militants were wounded and seven others were arrested by Afghan National Security Forces.

#4: Two persons were killed and two others sustained injuries as Taliban militants and police got engagement in Saripul province 350 km north of Kabul Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday. “Units of police were on routine patrol when they came under Taliban rebels’ attack triggering a gun battle for a while during which a rebel and one police were killed and two others including a police and a militants sustained injuries,” deputy to provincial police chief Sakhidad Haidary told Xinhua.

#5: A suicide bomber was shot dead by Afghan security forces in capital Kabul on Tuesday evening.