Air weapons team targets large insurgent group in Kunar

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

02.18.2011

Courtesy Story

ISAF Joint Command

KABUL, Afghanistan – A coalition forces air weapons team engaged a large number of armed insurgents in Ghaziabad District, Kunar province, killing more than 30 insurgents overnight.

While on an aerial security patrol, the air weapons team positively identified armed insurgents in the area and engaged them. After the initial firing, a large number of armed individuals emerged from a nearby building and were subsequently targeted and killed by the air weapons team.

Several additional armed individuals were positively identified and killed over the course of the more than four-hour engagement.

Initial reports indicate all rounds were safe and on target. There are no reports of injuries to civilians in this remote area of Kunar.

• Date Taken: 02.18.2011
• Date Posted: 02.18.2011 03:21
• Story ID: 65638
• Location: KABUL, AF