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KABUL - An Afghan-international security force killed several insurgents, including Faizullah, a Taliban sub-commander, as the insurgents were placing an improvised explosive device on a road near Kandahar City yesterday.
Faizullah was responsible for previous IED attacks in Arghandab district and was believed to be responsible for the death of at least one coalition soldier in March.
The combined force witnessed a group of individuals setting an IED, and after they verified no civilians were at risk, called for a precision strike from coalition aircraft.
Following the airstrike, the security force went to the IED site and was immediately engaged by insurgents staged in prepared defensive positions. The ground force returned accurate fire, killing several insurgents. They also found and destroyed the already emplaced IED and confirmed the deaths of the insurgents from the earlier precision airstrike.
In Khost province last night, another combined security force captured a Haqqani network facilitator linked to multiple IED attacks throughout the province.
The assault force detained the facilitator without incident while searching a series of compounds near the village of Batah Kheyl, Terazayi district.
Afghan and international forces have been involved in intense engagements with the Haqqani network along the Khost-Gardez pass over the past couple of weeks. Several insurgent commanders and a large number of insurgents have been killed during the operations.
A large number of insurgents were killed when an Afghan-international patrol came under attack by an estimated 50 insurgents and called in a precision airstrike, in Qadis district, Badghis province, yesterday.
"Insurgent networks callously use IEDs and other indiscriminate acts, in their campaign of terror. Thirty percent of IED strikes harm civilians, and each successful operation places greater pressure on the insurgents and helps improve the lives of the Afghans we are serving," said Col. William Maxwell, ISAF Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director.
Afghan National Security Forces with ISAF partners conducted an operation Wednesday night in Trek Nawa, east of Marjah, in Helmand province to increase security to the Afghan population by disrupting a network known to supply explosives and other material used in constructing roadside bombs.
As the Afghan-led force approached the compound housing insurgents, two armed individuals presented a direct threat and were killed. Afghan Special Police ensured all remaining residents left the compound safely. Several women and children were protected, and two men were taken into police custody.
"In the last 12 weeks, insurgents have increased the number of civilian casualties they caused mainly by their use of indiscriminate tactics like IEDs and suicide bombings," said Lt. Col. Todd Vician, an ISAF Joint Command spokesman. "This operation was aimed directly at preventing insurgents from being supplied with material to conduct those attacks."
No civilians were reported harmed in any of these operations.
| Date Taken: | 06.25.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 06.25.2010 03:50 |
| Story ID: | 51949 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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