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KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan-international security force killed several insurgents as they pursued a Taliban facilitator in Zabul province this morning.
The combined force went to a compound in the village of Jonubi Garay, in the Shahjoy District, after intelligence information indicated militant activity. As the security force searched the buildings they began taking hostile fire and several insurgents, armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic rifles, ran from the buildings. The security forces pursued them and in an exchange of gunfire in and around the compound several insurgents were shot and killed.
A search of the area revealed several weapons caches of automatic rifles, RPGs and explosive materials.
In Helmand last night, a joint security force searched a walled-in field in a rural area of the Nad-e Ali district after intelligence information indicated insurgent activity. During the search the security force detained a few suspected insurgents for further questioning. During the search the security force also found several bags of unrefined heroin.
In Kandahar yesterday, an Afghan-international security force went to an open field, in the Maywand District, after intelligence information indicated militant activity. The security force surrounded the targeted insurgent, who subsequently surrendered. The individual is a suspected Taliban commander and facilitator responsible for acquiring weapons and directing fighters to specific networks.
Afghanistan national security forces with ISAF partners conducted a combined operation west of Nad-e Ali, Helmand province, yesterday morning. The operation was intended to continue disrupting links between insurgent suicide bombers and narcotics networks.
After surrounding the compound in which several suspects were located, Afghan special police were able to get all residents to exit the compound. Several men were detained, and 30 kilograms (66 pounds) of opium were found. The opium was destroyed in place.
Four women and 15 children were protected throughout this operation, in which no civilians were injured.
In the Bagram District of the Parwan province yesterday, an ISAF patrol found a cache containing seven 155mm artillery rounds, nine 60mm rockets, six submunitions and four RPG propellants. The cache was destroyed by an explosive ordnance disposal team.
In the Ghazni province yesterday, an Afghan national police patrol found a cache containing three rockets and 9 kg (19 lbs) of homemade explosives. The cache was destroyed by an ISAF EOD team.
In the Nad-e Ali District of Helmand yesterday, an Afghan-international patrol found a cache containing 1,225 kg (2,700 lbs) of a substance believed to be ammonium chloride, 4.5 kg (10 lbs) of wet opium, 600 kg (1,322 lbs) powdered charcoal, scales and processing equipment. The materials were confiscated.
No Afghan civilians were harmed during these operations.
| Date Taken: | 04.22.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 04.22.2010 03:13 |
| Story ID: | 48491 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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