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KABUL, Afghanistan - Four combatants died and one was wounded during fighting April 8 in the Khowst province during a joint operation to further disable militant activities in the area.
In Khowst District, Khowst province, approximately 3 kilometers south of Khost City, Afghan and coalition forces conducted an operation targeting a militant linked to both Haqqani and Islamic Jihad union operations in the K-G (Khost-Gardez) Pass.
As forces prepared to assault the target compound, an enemy combatant from a different compound fired on a security element with an AK-47 assault rifle. The security element returned fire killing the enemy combatant. Two other armed combatants who began to maneuver on the security element from the same location were engaged with small-arms fire and killed. One of the combatants was a woman. When the assault force attempted to clear the compound, they encountered another armed female combatant and she was killed. A female wearing a bandolier and standing directly behind her was wounded in the exchange. She was treated by a medical specialist and evacuated to a coalition medical facility for further treatment.
At the compound initially targeted, Afghan and coalition forces conducted a search without incident, detaining three suspected militants.
Fifteen women and 30 children were protected.
| Date Taken: | 04.09.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 04.09.2009 01:19 |
| Story ID: | 32180 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
| Web Views: | 317 |
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