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KABUL, Afghanistan – A Taliban commander and multiple other insurgents were killed by coalition forces during an operation in Farah province yesterday and last night.
Aircraft engaged insurgents with precision air strikes, killing several, in a rural area of Gulistan district after coalition forces observed armed individuals moving through a known insurgent safe haven.
A ground search team later approached the strike area and saw several heavily armed insurgents in a cave and shot and killed them. The search team found rocket propelled grenade launchers with RPG rounds, heavy machine guns, automatic rifles and ammunition.
The insurgent commander, Mullah Akhtar, had close ties with Taliban and al-Qaeda senior leaders. He was responsible for arranging training for foreign fighters from Iran and helped resolve disputes between militant networks.
An Afghan-international security force captured a Haqqani network improvised explosive device cell leader and several other insurgents in Khost province last night.
The combined force went to a compound north of Mehdi Kheyl, Khost district, after insurgents were seen implanting IED's nearby. The assault force captured the targeted individual and other insurgents while searching the buildings.
The Haqqani network leader is responsible for emplacing IED's, acquiring and distributing weapons, and coordinating suicide bombings.
No shots were fired and no one was harmed during the operation.
Another Afghan-international security force killed and captured a number of insurgents while pursuing a Taliban IED cell commander in Logar province last night.
The combined force moved on a compound in Nawshad, Charkh district, after intelligence information indicated insurgent activity. As the assault force approached the compound they received hostile fire, and while clearing the compound, several insurgents were killed and several were captured. The team found a machine gun, multiple automatic rifles, grenades and ammunition.
| Date Taken: | 06.06.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 06.06.2010 04:50 |
| Story ID: | 50929 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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