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KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan-international security force detained several individuals suspected of insurgent activity in Helmand province this morning.
The suspected insurgents were detained during a search of a compound in Bar Nowzad-e Gharbi, Now Zad district, after intelligence information indicated insurgent activity.
Another Afghan-international security force detained several individuals suspected of insurgent activities in Kandahar province last night.
The combined force detained the suspected insurgents in a compound near Gondigan, west of Kandahar City, after intelligence information discovered militant activity. The search team found weapons and communications equipment in the compound.
No shots were fired and no Afghans were harmed in the above operations.
An insurgent mortar team was killed by a precision air strike in Paktiya province yesterday.
The mortar team fired on coalition forces from a rural area in the Zormat district. As the mortar team attempted to drive away after the attack, coalition aircraft engaged the vehicle with a precision air strike, killing the insurgents.
A ground search team found a mortar system and mortar propellant in the vehicle.
Afghan and ISAF partners conducted a combined operation early Saturday morning near Sangbor, Helmand province, to disrupt a criminal Taliban group responsible for supplying roadside bomb components.
As the combined force approached the compound of interest, several men were observed fleeing from the compound. One of the men presented a threat to the force and was killed, while the other men were detained. Several women and children were protected in this operation.
| Date Taken: | 05.30.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 05.30.2010 05:29 |
| Story ID: | 50534 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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