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KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban improvised explosive device expert and two other militants were captured by an Afghan-international security force in Nangarhar last night.
A combined force went to a compound in the village of Jawarah, in the Khogyani district, after intelligence information indicated militant activity. As they approached the compound the security force observed an armed combatant climbing onto a building roof. The combatant displayed hostile intent and was shot and killed. After securing the area the combined force discovered the combatant was a female.
During a search of the compound a Taliban IED sub-commander and IED expert was captured. The Taliban leader is responsible for manufacturing, emplacing and training other militants in IED tactics.
Two other militants were also captured.
The security force recovered automatic rifles and ammunition during a search of the compound.
In Ghazni province yesterday, a joint patrol found a weapons cache containing 37 rocket-propelled grenades, 27 RPG fuses and 24 grenades. The cache was destroyed by an explosive ordnance disposal team.
In Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province yesterday, a joint patrol found a cache containing an 82mm mortar base plate, a chest rig for carrying ammunition, an AK-47 rifle, magazines and ammunition. The items were seized by the Afghan national army.
No Afghan civilians were harmed in these operations.
| Date Taken: | 04.15.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 04.15.2010 03:49 |
| Story ID: | 48169 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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