IJC Operational Update, March 24

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

03.24.2010

Courtesy Story

ISAF Joint Command

KABUL, Afghanistan - In Nangarhar last night, an Afghan-international security force searched a compound in a rural area south of Ahmadkhel, in the Khogyani District, after intelligence information indicated militant activity.

During the search the assault force captured a Taliban sub-commander involved in kidnappings, weapons purchase and reconnaissance of coalition forces. The security force also detained another insurgent at the compound.

During the search two militants approached the security force.

One of them rushed the joint force and, after ignoring demands to surrender, pointed a weapon at the security force. The security force then engaged and killed the armed militant. The other insurgent
surrendered.

Several suspected militants were captured by an Afghan-international combined force in Helmand last night.

A joint security force searched a compound in Marjah, in the Nad-e Ali District, after intelligence information indicated militant activity and detained the insurgents for further questioning.

In other operations last night, an ISAF patrol found a weapons cache in the Nad-e Ali District of Helmand province. The cache contained six 66mm rockets, seven 40mm rounds and an unidentified warhead. The cache will be destroyed by an explosive ordnance disposal team.

In the Qalat District of Zabul province last night, an ISAF patrol found two Chinese-made 107mm rockets. An EOD team rendered the rockets safe and transported them to a base for destruction.

In the Sayyidabad District of Wardak province last night, an Afghan-international security patrol found a cache containing a mortar round, six recoilless rifle rounds and two armor-piercing rounds. The cache was destroyed.

No Afghan civilians were harmed during these operations.

• Date Taken: 03.24.2010
• Date Posted: 03.24.2010 02:38
• Story ID: 47123
• Location: KABUL, AF