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KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan-international security force killed several individuals in a fierce gun battle in Paktiya province this morning. The targeted individual killed was an Afghanistan al-Qaeda leader, while the remaining individuals were engaging the security force with automatic rifles and hand grenades.
The combined force went to a compound in a rural area of the Zormat District after intelligence information verified militant activity. As the assault force approached the compound, they came under heavy fire. While moving around the compound the force continued to receive fire by individuals barricaded inside buildings, and returned fire killing several individuals.
A number of armed individuals who ran from the compound were pursued by the force. As they were being pursued, the individuals turned and fired on the security force, which returned fire and killed the individuals.
During a search of the compound the assault force found a large weapons cache consisting of a Chinese recoilless rifle with 25 rounds of ammunition, multiple rocket propelled grenade launchers and rounds, 20 mortar rounds and multiple automatic rifles and grenades. The assault force also protected several women and children from harm.
A separate Afghan-international security force destroyed an IED making factory and detained a suspected insurgent in Kandahar province last night.
The security force discovered the factory, containing explosives and other IED materials, in a building west of Niku Kariz, Kandahar District. Precision weapons were used to destroy the building.
A Taliban IED facilitator and another insurgent were captured by an Afghan-international security force in an operation in Logar province last night.
The IED facilitator and the other insurgent were detained during a search of a compound in Abjush-e Pa'in, Baraki Barak District, after intelligence information confirmed insurgent activity. When confronted, the facilitator immediately surrendered and identified himself as the targeted insurgent.
The facilitator is responsible for several IED emplacements and attacks against coalition and Afghan forces in the Charkh and Baraki Barak Districts.
An ISAF patrol discovered a freshly dug weapons cache at a construction site in the Khash Rod district, Nimroz province yesterday.
The cache consisted of a number of mortars, rocket propelled grenades, anti-tank and anti-personnel mines and artillery shells.
An Afghan-international force discovered 58 152mm artillery shells in Shindand District, Herat province yesterday. The munitions will be destroyed.
Afghan national security forces with ISAF partners conducted a combined operation early Sunday morning in Malgir, Nahr-e-Saray, Helmand province, to arrest a Taliban fighter known to have taken part in attacks against ISAF forces and recruit for the Taliban.
After surrounding the compound of interest, Afghan special police ensured all occupants exited the compound safely. Several men were detained along with a small amount of narcotics and an assault rifle. Several women and children were protected throughout the operation, in which no civilians were injured.
| Date Taken: | 05.25.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 05.25.2010 06:12 |
| Story ID: | 50224 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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