ISAF confirms Taliban commander and facilitator deaths

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

08.04.2010

Courtesy Story

ISAF Joint Command

KABUL - The International Security Assistance Force confirmed a combined security force killed Malauwi Ghulam Haideri, a senior Taliban commander, and Mulauwi Sher Agha, a Taliban facilitator, during an Afghan and coalition force operation, Aug. 4.

During the operation, insurgents immediately engaged the assault force and the subsequent hour-long fire fight resulted in at least 14 insurgents killed. No Afghan or coalition forces were hurt in the operation.

During a break in the fighting, the assault force searched the area and found 26 rocket-propelled grenades, multiple automatic weapons, grenades, a recoilless rifle, and anti-personnel mine and approximately 1,000 rounds of ammunition at the scene. The security force destroyed the weapons before they departed the area.

"Our main effort is to secure Afghanistan, providing time and space for enduring governance and development initiatives to take root," said U.S. Army Col. Rafael Torres, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command Combined Joint Operation Center director. "Afghan and coalition forces will continue to pursue those standing the way of those goals."

• Date Taken: 08.04.2010
• Date Posted: 08.11.2010 06:48
• Story ID: 54308
• Location: KABUL, AF