ISAF JOINT COMMAND Operational Update, May 6

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

05.08.2010

Courtesy Story

ISAF Joint Command

KABUL, Afghanistan – A Taliban commander and a few other insurgents were captured by an Afghan-international security force in Kandahar. The combined force searched a compound in the village of Jazah, in the Khakrez district, after intelligence information indicated militant activity. During the search the security force captured the Taliban commander responsible for planning and executing attacks against coalition forces. He is also heavily involved in organizing suicide attacks, mortar attacks and buying IED components. A few other insurgents were also captured during the search.

In Helmand, a joint security force searched a compound in Marjah, in the Nad-e Ali district, after intelligence information indicated insurgent activity. During the search the force detained several suspected militants for further questioning. In the Nadir Shah Kot district of Khost province yesterday, a joint Afghan-international patrol discovered a weapons cache consisting of seven rocket-propelled grenades, a machine gun, three AK-47's, a rifle, nine AK-47 magazines, two AK-47 magazine holders, four bandoleers, 200 rifle rounds, and 30 machine gun rounds. The Afghan national army determined the weapons were from two tribes that had been fighting. The ANA detained five individuals from each tribe for questioning. There were no damages or injuries.

In the Maiwand district of Kandahar province Tuesday, an ISAF patrol stopped a suspicious vehicle and found a large amount of money and three kilograms (seven pounds) of opium. Three individuals were detained by Afghan authorities in relation to the find.

Two medical facilities, a pediatric hospital and a regional hospital, officially re-opened in Herat city yesterday. The pediatric hospital has 100 beds and over the past year has treated more than 15,000 patients, 7,000 of which were hospitalized. The Italian PRT has provided health services to more than 23,000 patients in Herat province since 2005

Two Helicopters MI 17 of the ANAAC (Afghan National Army Air Corps) delivered 30 frame tents, able to accommodate 300 people, to the village of Obeh.

The tents were provided by the Italian Cooperation for Development (a Governmental Organization of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and made available to the ANAAC by US logistic assets of ISAF Regional Command West.

The tents were delivered to the local authorities, that are leading the rescue operations and will shelter part of the people that lost their houses in the flooding occurred yesterday.

• Date Taken: 05.08.2010
• Date Posted: 05.08.2010 04:51
• Story ID: 49324
• Location: KABUL, AF