Car bomb kills 6 soldiers in Yemen

The car crashes at a governmental military vehicleAttack takes place as government forces are preparing to send reinforcement to Abyan

(CNN) -- A car exploded near a military air force camp in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, killing at least six soldiers and injuring others, a senior security official and witnesses said.

The car crashed directly at a governmental military vehicle on Saturday night, destroying various equipment, said the official, who is not authorized to talk to the media.

The attack took place as government forces were preparing to send reinforcement to Rofis, Abyan, after clashes with militants intensified over the past week, the official said.

Fierce clashes took place after the attack and hundreds of security forces are combing the area for suspects, eyewitnesses said.

"This is the second attack on security forces in the same area in more than a month," the official said.

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Afghanistan gunbattle kills 80 militants

A U.S. chinook helicopter flies past a mountainous area of Afghanistan's Paktika province on July 1.Paktika governor: 80 militants are killed in joint operations NATO confirms 50 insurgents were killed Separately, security handover ceremonies take place in Kabul and Panjshir province

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- At least 80 militants were killed in a series of operations involving Afghan and NATO forces during a day-long firefight last week in the country's restive southeast, Paktika provincial governor Mukhlas Afghan said Sunday.

NATO said it could only confirm 50 insurgents were killed in the fight.

The operation, which began Wednesday and spanned the night into Thursday, was fought in an "known Haqqani network" area.

The Haqqani network is an insurgent group loosely affiliated with the Taliban and is believed to be based in Pakistan's lawless frontier territories.

The raid included Afghan special forces and engaged "multiple groups of insurgents" who were armed with rocket-propelled grenade launchers and heavy machine guns, NATO's International Security Assistance Force reported Friday.

Multiple insurgent groups were holed up in areas that included caves and fortified bunker positions, ISAF said.

Sunday's announcement coincides with formal ceremonies marking the handover of security to Afghan forces in parts of Kabul and Panjshir province.

They are the fifth and sixth areas to be transferred to national forces.

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