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KABUL, Afghanistan — Two suspected militants were detained as an Afghan-international security force pursued a Taliban commander in Marjeh, Nad Ali district, Helmand province last night.
In a separate operation, an Afghan-international security force detained four suspected militants as they pursued a Taliban sub-commander in Kandahar City, near the village of Karz also last night.
Afghan national army soldiers, with the assistance of ISAF Special Operations Forces, provided security and medical assistance after an insurgent IED strike destroyed a bus, killing and injuring several Afghan civilians, in Pusht Rud district, Farah province yesterday.
The Afghan-led medical and security team arrived at the scene near the Masaw village school and treated and transported wounded to local medical facilities.
ANA forces also assisted Afghan national police in securing and clearing the area.
In a separate ANA operation, soldiers providing security for a shura in Khakrez district center, Kandahar province were able to capture an insurgent who fired two rockets at the compound where the shura was being held yesterday. The man was captured after an ISAF helicopter spotted him and relayed the information to ANA forces. Both rockets fell short and the shura continued.
A joint ANSF-ISAF patrol discovered a weapons cache in Sayyidabad district, Wardak province yesterday.
The cache consisted of 68 kilograms (150 lbs.) of home-made explosives, 12 82mm mortar rounds, 17 RPGs, 23 recoilless rifle rounds, a 105mm artillery round, a rocket launcher, and a spool of wire.
The munitions were destroyed on site.
No civilians were harmed during these operations.
ISAF Special Forces medics treated an Afghan boy after family members brought him to a firebase near Char Chine district, Uruzgan province Friday. The child was unconscious and having trouble breathing. The medics quickly assessed the child's condition and he was evacuated by air to a medical facility at Tarin Kowt where he is under observation.
| Date Taken: | 03.28.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 03.28.2010 08:04 |
| Story ID: | 47338 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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