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    Combined Force Kills Extremists in Kunduz Province

    WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES

    06.12.2013

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    A combined Afghan and coalition security force killed five extremists after being fired upon during a search of a senior Taliban leader in the Archi district of Afghanistan’s Kunduz province today, military officials reported.

    The Taliban leader builds improvised explosive devices and suicide vests and has also directed and coordinated attacks that have killed Afghan security force members.

    The security force also seized a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, three RPGs, four machine guns and ammunition.

    In Afghanistan operations yesterday:

    -- Afghan uniformed and local police establishing a new checkpoint in Kandahar province’s Panjwai district with coalition advisors found and destroyed five IEDs.

    -- Afghan commandos conducting a clearance operation in Nangarhar province’s Chaparhar district detained three enemy fighters.

    Story by From an International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Release

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    Date Taken: 06.12.2013
    Date Posted: 07.03.2025 11:58
    Story ID: 507990
    Location: WASHINGTON, US

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