Afghan, coalition forces destroy more than 50 IEDs

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

10.10.2010

Courtesy Story

ISAF Joint Command

KABUL, Afghanistan - More than 200 Afghan soldiers from various Afghan Security Force elements in Kandahar joined forces with soldiers of Special Operations Task Force - South to clear portions of the Arghandab River Valley Friday.

The operation netted 54 improvised explosive devices which were destroyed in place. The combined force also found two compounds rigged with homemade explosives, which were destroyed.

"We will continue to find and destroy IEDs which kill and harm innocent civilians," said U.S. Army Col. Rafael Torres, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director.

• Date Taken: 10.10.2010
• Date Posted: 10.10.2010 04:11
• Story ID: 57843
• Location: KABUL, AF