...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
region have killed at least 8 people, including 3 soldiers in Af Urur village in Bari region on Friday.
Puntland security officials, told Radio Shabelle the simultaneous blasts resulted from IEDs planted in a Khat market in Af-Urur as soldiers gathered to buy the stimulant leaves.
The Somalia-based al-Shabaab
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the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...snuffies grabbed credit for the deadly attack.