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    IJC Operational Update, March 12

    KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

    03.12.2010

    Courtesy Story

    ISAF Joint Command

    KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan-international security force searched a compound near the town of Senjaray in the Zharmi district of Kandahar province today after intelligence information indicated militant activity.

    During the search the joint force captured a Taliban facilitator responsible for improvised explosive device attacks in the province. Two other insurgents were detained in the operation.

    In Paktika province last night, a joint force searched a compound south of the village of Heybat Khey, in the Zurmat district, after intelligence information indicated militant activity. During the search the joint force captured a Taliban sub-commander responsible for participating in attacks against coalition forces, executing Afghan citizens and conducting battle damage assessments after Taliban attacks.

    The assault force also captured two other insurgents and recovered multiple automatic rifles, grenades, ammunition and explosives.

    In other operations, an Afghan-international patrol found a cache in the Garm Ser district of Helmand province today. The cache contained three bags of opium weighing 10-20 lbs each, a bag of hashish, a 105mm shell and 200 meters of command wire. The joint force apprehended the suspected insurgent in possession of the cache.

    In the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand today, a joint force found a cache containing six rocket-propelled grenades, a pressure plate detonator and 400 rounds of small-arms ammunition. The cache will be destroyed.

    In the Chorah district of Uruzgan province yesterday, an Afghan-international patrol found a cache containing 12 illumination artillery rounds and five mortar casings.

    Wednesday, Afghan National Army forces working with ISAF arrested three suspected insurgents after intelligence indicated they were operating in Torghondi area of Khashroad district in Nimroz province.

    In a separate operation Wednesday in the Sunjari Village of the Jharai district, Kandahar province, ANA forces captured two insurgents who had been under surveillance for several weeks.

    Also, in operations in Maidan district of Wardak province, elements of the 201st Corps killed one insurgent and captured four others Wednesday. Soldiers in the operation recovered a Kalashnikov rifle, a pistol, and small-arms ammunition.

    No Afghan civilians were harmed during these operations.

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    Date Taken: 03.12.2010
    Date Posted: 03.12.2010 03:20
    Story ID: 46555
    Location: KABUL, AF

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