Coalition forces kill senior leader with precision air strike

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

11.10.2010

Courtesy Story

ISAF Joint Command

KABUL, Afghanistan – Coalition forces conducted a precision air strike in Paktiya province Nov. 10 killing Badruddin, a Taliban leader who operated in Zurmat District commanding a cell of fighters involved in facilitating and emplacing improvised explosive devices on transportation routes.

He also coordinated and conducted reconnaissance and IED ambushes against both coalition force convoys and aircraft.

Based on intelligence sources, coalition forces tracked Badruddin to a remote area in Zurmat district. After verifying insurgent activity and careful planning to avoid civilian causalities, coalition forces conducted a precision air strike, killing the Taliban leader.

In Kandahar province, Afghan and coalition security forces detained two suspected Taliban insurgents Nov. 11 while searching for a Taliban IED facilitator for Spin Boldak District.


The facilitator is associated with transporting IEDs and components from Pakistan through Kandahar’s Spin Boldak District bordering Pakistan for distribution throughout the province. He is also known to support the Kandahar City attack networks.

Intelligence reports led the security members to a series of compounds in Spin Boldak to search for the facilitator. Joint security forces cleared and secured the area before Afghan forces called the occupants to peacefully exit each compound using a loudspeaker. The security force detained the suspected insurgents after initial questioning at the scene.

Security forces confiscated numerous IED components, including detonation switches, during a search of the targeted compounds.

The assault force did not fire their weapons. They protected the women and children for the duration of the search.

• Date Taken: 11.10.2010
• Date Posted: 11.10.2010 22:48
• Story ID: 59882
• Location: KABUL, AF