ANA, Coalition forces treat three IED victims in Badghis province

BADGHIS PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN

07.27.2010

Courtesy Story

NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan

BADGHIS, Afghanistan – Coalition officials said three Afghan civilian, including a 14-year-old boy, were injured when an improvised explosive device exploded in Darrah-I-Bum village in Badghis province today. The IED was emplaced in a wadi, a dry riverbed at the base of a valley, at a crossing point used by local citizens.

The victims were brought by local Afghan villagers to a forward operating base in the area by donkey. Afghan Nationall Army soldiers and U.S. Marine Special Operations Team medican personnel provided immediate medical treatment to the injured, and called in a helicopter to transfer the injured to a medical facility in the Murghab River Valey for follow-on care.

“This attack shows the blatant disregard for the Afghan people as the insurgents indiscriminately kill and injure innocent civilians,” said U.S. Marine Sgt. Brian Kester, an ISAF spokesperson. “The combined force operating in the area is committed to assisting the Afghan people in establishing security in the Darrah-I-Bum region.”

• Date Taken: 07.27.2010
• Date Posted: 07.27.2010 16:05
• Story ID: 53492
• Location: BADGHIS PROVINCE, AF