War News for Saturday, January 19, 2013

Today in Afghanistan
Reported security incidents
#1: Two suicide bombers were killed Saturday as their explosive vests went off prematurely in Guzara district in Afghanistan’s western province of Heart, an official said. “Two suicide bombers riding a motorcycle were trying to target the district office building through the main gate but their explosive were detonated prematurely near the compound killing both on the spot,” the administrative chief of the district Nisar Ahmad Popal told Xinhua. He said no member of Afghan security force or civilian was harmed in the blast in the province 640 km west of capital city of Kabul.

#2: Up to six militants have been killed and eight others wounded in an operation carried out by the Afghan forces in the country’s western province of Herat, an army spokesman said. “A search operation was conducted by the Afghan National Army ( ANA) commandos in Zirkoah area of Shindand district overnight. As a result of the raid six militants, including a Taliban local leader Mullah Akbar, were killed and eight others wounded,” spokesman Nasrullah Nasito Nadiri said.

Today in Afghanistan