IJC Operational Update, May 14

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

05.14.2010

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KABUL, Afghanistan – A Taliban sub-commander and other insurgents were killed, and two insurgents were captured, by an Afghan-international security force in Nangarhar last night.

The combined force went to a compound outside the village of Qal'eh-ye Allah Nazar, in the Surkh Rod district, after intelligence information verified insurgent activity.

As the joint force approached the compound they received automatic gunfire. During the firefight the security force attempted several callouts without success. After the fighting ended it was discovered that one of the militants killed was a Taliban sub-commander responsible for rocket attacks and ambushes against ISAF forces.

The two militants captured were wounded, and were evacuated to a local ISAF medical treatment facility. Reports indicate no civilians were harmed during the operation.

The combined force found multiple automatic rifles, a shotgun, pistols and communications equipment in and around the compound.

In Zabul last night, multiple insurgents were killed after intelligence assets tracked a group of insurgents in a rural area east of Chakar Kheyl, in the Tarnak-wa Jeldak district, for several hours. Using precision aerial fires, the armed insurgents were killed.

A joint security force found an anti-tank mine, multiple improvised explosive device components, multiple rocket propelled grenade launchers, rocket rounds, automatic rifles and communications equipment.

Reports indicate no civilians were harmed during this operation.

In a separate operation in Zabul yesterday, two Taliban commanders were killed by an Afghan-international security force after intelligence assets tracked a vehicle in a rural area of the Tarnak-wa Jeldak district after finding indications of militant activity. As the assault force approached the vehicle they received hostile fire. The joint force returned fire and killed the two occupants, both Taliban commanders. These Taliban were responsible for several IED attacks and small arms ambushes on Afghan and ISAF forces. The assault force searched the vehicle and found automatic rifles and communications equipment.

Reports indicate no civilians were harmed during this operation.

Another Afghan-international security force captured a Haqqani-network IED facilitator and several other militants in Khost last night while acting on intelligence information that led the force to a compound north of Mehdi Kheyl, in the Tereyzai district. The IED facilitator is responsible for purchasing and building IEDs used against ISAF and Afghan forces.

The assault force found IED materials, blasting caps and demolition cord at the site. A local madrassa, normally meant for religious instruction, was used as the weapons storage facility.

No shots were fired and no one was harmed during the operation.

A separate Afghan-international security force captured a Haqqani-network commander and multiple suspected insurgents in Khost province yesterday.

The combined force went to a compound in the Terayzai district after intelligence information indicated insurgent activity and captured the Haqqani-network commander responsible for training and making electronics used in detonating IED's, and the other insurgents.

During the search, an armed insurgent tried to flee the compound. As the assault force attempted to capture the insurgent, he open-fired on the assault force and was shot and killed.

The search team found multiple AK-47's, rifles, grenades and ammunition in the compound. Reports indicate no civilians were harmed during this operation.

An Afghan-International security force killed an insurgent and captured a foreign fighter facilitator and other militants in an operation east of Barakat, in the Ab Band district of Ghazni province last night.

When the assault force approached the targeted area an armed militant was seen running away. As a security force pursued the insurgent, he turned to fire on the joint force and was shot and killed.

Automatic rifles and ammunition were found on site. Reports indicate no civilians were harmed during this operation.

An Afghan-international security force killed multiple militants and captured another in Ghazni province Thursday morning.

After receiving intelligence information of militant activity, the combined force went to a compound north of Qara Bagh, Khanjari district. As the assault force approached, a group of armed militants were observed moving from the compound to a nearby tree line, likely to establish ambush positions. As the security force cleared the area they came under enemy fire. The security force returned fire, killing the insurgents. Examination of the militant fighting positions in the tree line found machine guns, rocket propelled grenades and automatic rifles.

Reports indicate no civilians were harmed, and the weapons were destroyed on site.

A Taliban commander, responsible for planning and executing attacks against coalition forces, and several other militants were captured by an Afghan-international security force in Helmand province last night while searching a small compound approximately five miles west of Marjeh after intelligence information revealed insurgent activity. No shots were fired and no civilians were harmed in this operation.

A coalition helicopter conducting joint Afghan-international security force operation was damaged during a hard landing earlier today in northern Kandahar province.

No one was killed, but several coalition and Afghan servicemembers were injured and were medically evacuated to a nearby ISAF medical treatment facility.

Enemy actions were not responsible for this accident.

Afghan commandos, with coalition partners, have secured the crash site, and the cause of the accident is being investigated.