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KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2008 – Coalition forces detained nine suspected militants during an operation yesterday to disrupt the Haqqani terrorist network in Afghanistan’s Paktia province, military officials said. The operation in the province’s Zadran district targeted a Haqqani militant believed to assist with the movement of members of the Uzbekistan-based Islamic Jihadist Union terrorist group and other foreign fighters into Paktia. Intelligence also suggests the militant is in direct contact with other senior Haqqani leaders who plan and coordinate roadside bomb and other attacks against innocent civilians, members and institutions of the Afghan government and coalition forces. Coalition forces...

Note: The following text is a quote: Combined Force Detains Suspected Militants American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 2009 – Afghan and international security forces detained several suspected militants in Afghanistan’s Paktia and Helmland provinces today and yesterday, military officials reported. A combined force detained a group of suspected militants in Paktia province today after searching buildings known to be used by a Haqqani network leader responsible for the financing and supply of terrorist camps in the Khowst-Gardez Pass area. The security force targeted the buildings near Kandaw Kalay village after intelligence indicated militant activity. The joint force detained...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, March 24, 2006 – Coalition forces identified and disposed of an improvised explosive device near Forward Operating Base Zormat in Paktia province today after three people were seen emplacing it. A combat patrol responded immediately to the scene, but the suspects fled before they could be captured. "This is one more IED that will not harm Afghan civilians or coalition forces," said Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick, spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force 76. Afghan and coalition forces have increased their ability to find and defeat IEDs, and Afghans report many to Afghan or coalition forces, he noted....

KABUL (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier was killed while on patrol in Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province this week on the same day two servicemen died in neighboring Paktika, the U.S. military said on Wednesday. The U.S. military earlier announced the deaths of the two soldiers in fighting near the Pakistan border on Monday. It said a third soldier had died in a separate incident on the same day. Paktia and Paktika are both heartlands for Taliban militants bent on disrupting Afghanistan's first-ever direct presidential elections scheduled for Oct. 9. In addition to the three deaths, 14 U.S. soldiers had been...

Translated by Jihad Unspun Unknown assailants attacked a house in Barel in the Afghan province of Paktia, inflicting a heavy number of losses. The house is used by American forces as a camp, known locally as Macha Dad Khan’. The attack was launched from nearby mountains and lasted two hours. In response US warplanes bombed the area and, the whole area was surrounded by American and coalition forces, However the attackers managed to flee safely. Taliban News reports that two American troops have been killed in the Nakayee Village of Khost Province whilst attempting to forcefully search a house. On...

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A rocket fired by unidentified attackers landed close to a U.S. special forces base in eastern Afghanistan early on Monday but caused no casualties, the U.S. military said. Colonel Roger King, a spokesman at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, told a news briefing on Tuesday that the attack on the U.S. special forces compound near Lwara in Paktia province happened at about 4 a.m. local time on Monday. He said the rocket landed about 20 yards from a forward security position. King said a security patrol found six additional rockets armed with...