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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan and coalition forces killed four men and detained two in operations overnight in Lowgar and Helmand to disrupt bomb-making networks in those provinces.
In Charkh District, Lowgar province, approximately 85 kilometers southwest of Kabul, Afghan and coalition forces conducted an assault to dismantle a Taliban network of insurgents responsible for planning and conducting attacks on coalition forces. When forces arrived at the rural village, they spotted several individuals moving in a field near the targeted compound. Forces used close-air support to contain the threat and attempted to detain the men. One suspected insurgent was detained when he followed the forces' instructions, but four others were killed during ensuing encounters.
A woman who was outside her compound when the assault force arrived at the village was inadvertently injured during the hostile action. She was treated for her wounds by a medic and evacuated to a coalition hospital where she was provided additional treatment for her wounds. An elder family member accompanied the wounded woman and remains with her at the hospital, where she is currently listed in stable condition.
When forces searched the targeted compound, three women and three children who were inside when the assault force arrived, followed the Afghan forces' instructions and were protected.
During a separate operation in Nad Ali District, Helmand province, approximately 160 kilometers west of Kandahar, a combined force searched a compound without incident, detaining an insurgent believed to be associated with an al-Qaida foreign fighter facilitation cell in southern Afghanistan. During the search, forces discovered approximately 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of opium which they destroyed a safe distance from the compound.
Eleven adults and 16 children were protected.
| Date Taken: | 04.30.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 04.30.2009 01:50 |
| Story ID: | 33028 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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