Ten insurgents killed in Bati Kot

PARWAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN

02.16.2014

Story by Staff Sgt. Opal Vaughn  

NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan

PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Afghan National Army Special Forces killed ten insurgents Feb. 15 during a clearing operation to support provincial police Chief Brig. Gen. Ahmed Sherzad’s security efforts in Nangarhar province.

ANASF were clearing a village in Bati Kot district when several groups of heavily armed insurgents opened fire on them using rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns and small-arms fire. ANASF immediately returned fire, killing ten of the insurgents.

The special forces soldiers also discovered a weapons cache consisting of six AK-47 assault rifles, four machine guns, and one RPG.

• Date Taken: 02.16.2014
• Date Posted: 02.16.2014 10:58
• Story ID: 120716
• Location: PARWAN PROVINCE, AF