ISAF service members attacked from mosque

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

08.18.2010

Courtesy Story

ISAF Joint Command

KABUL - Four International Security Assistance Force service members were wounded by a grenade in eastern Afghanistan Tuesday.

ISAF and Afghan National Army forces were conducting a partnered patrol in the Sayyidabad District, Wardak province, when the grenade was thrown from a mosque. ISAF service members did not return fire. ANA soldiers participating in the joint patrol took the lead and searched the mosque and surrounding area for insurgents, however no insurgents were found at the site.

The ISAF service members did not enter the mosque and the wounded were taken to an ISAF facility for treatment.

• Date Taken: 08.18.2010
• Date Posted: 08.18.2010 06:00
• Story ID: 54760
• Location: KABUL, AF