WARDAK PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Three militants were killed in an artillery and air strike southwest of Maydan Shar, April 8, after they fired mortar rounds at Combined Joint Task Force - 101 forces assigned to Task Force Spartan.
The militants were engaged in a rural area, after it was verified that there were no civilians present.
There are no reports of any civilian injuries and there were no TF Spartan casualties.
Task Force Spartan is comprised of the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. Task Force Spartan operates primarily in the Logar and Wardak provinces and is a subordinate unit of CJTF-101 in eastern Afghanistan.
Date Taken: | 04.09.2009 |
Date Posted: | 04.09.2009 07:17 |
Story ID: | 32187 |
Location: | WARDAK PROVINCE, AF |
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