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Naval STEM

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Soldiers' Angels July Newsletter 2011

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Correction: Haqqani leader who supported Kabul attack killed in precision airstrike

Written by IJC Media Operations

From: IJC Media Operations.Org
Date: June 30, 2011 20:31:13 GMT+04:30
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Subject: Correction: Haqqani leader who supported Kabul attack killed in precision airstrike - IJC News Release #2011-06-S-104-CORRECTION (UNCLASSIFIED)

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2011-06-S-104-CORRECTION

For Immediate Release

Correction: Haqqani leader who supported Kabul attack killed in precision airstrike

Editor’s Note: Taj Mohammad Wardak was not assassinated as previously reported in IJC News Release # 2011-06-S-104. The person assassinated was Mohammad Jan Abdullah Wardak, the former Logar provincial governor.

KABUL, Afghanistan (June 30) – The International Security Assistance force confirmed today a top Haqqani network leader suspected of providing material support to the Kabul suicide bomb attack June 28, was killed in a precision airstrike in Gardez district, Paktiya province, yesterday.

Ismail Jan was the deputy to the senior Haqqani commander inside Afghanistan, Haji Mali Khan. Jan and several Haqqani fighters were killed in strike.

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Eight suicide bombers killed by Afghan National Police forces in Kabul

Written by Ministry of Interior of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

29 June 2011

وزارت امورداخله جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان
دافغانستان داسلامی جمهوریت دکورنیو چارو وزارت
Ministry of Interior of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
ریاست عمومی دفتر
د رسنیو او عامه اړیکو ریاست
رياست مطبوعات و روابط عامه

Directorate of media and public relation

Statement

Date: 29/June/2011
No: 191

Eight suicide bombers killed by Afghan National Police forces in Kabul

Kabul- Ministry of Interior

Kabul:

The enemies of peace and stability committed another unforgivable and shameful crime while eight suicide bombers attacked the intercontinental hotel in capital Kabul.

As a result of Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army and Coalition force's fast reaction and by air support of the NATO forces eight suicide bombers were killed.

In the meantime, in this suicide attack 10 people were killed including two policemen and eight other people were injured including one policeman.

Ministry of Interior Affairs condemns in the strongest terms this suicide attack and wishes quick health recovery for the injuries and expresses its sincere condolences to the families of the victims.

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AFP Interview with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates

Written by AFP

Portion on Afghanistan
Date: Thursday, June 23, 2011

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Q: OK, so, if you don't mind, we'd like to start on Afghanistan. And we'd like you, if you can, to describe your role in the decision and if you find yourself in the position to argue against a bigger drawdown, or do you find that you are comfortable with the process and the decision?

SEC. GATES: First of all, I am comfortable with both the process and the decision. It was relatively abbreviated. There were maybe three meetings on it including the president. There was -- a wide range of options were discussed.

General Petraeus presented a wide range of options. And the merits and advantages and disadvantages of each of them were considered, and in the larger framework not only of the situation on the ground in Afghanistan, but also political sustainability here at home.

Q: And was the range of options that General Petraeus presented, did it heavily adjust in the discussions, or did that always form the basis or the premise?