ISAF air weapons team kills armed men in Khost

ISAF Joint Command
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Date: 10.08.2010
Posted: 10.08.2010 05:42
News ID: 57723

KABUL, Afghanistan - An International Security Assistance Force air weapons team engaged and killed five men armed with weapons Friday.

The incident occurred when an air weapons was patrolling in the Nadir Shar Kot District of Khost province. The ISAF helicopters identified a group of individuals with weapons moving from a previously identified enemy position near Sinzai Kalay village.

As a result of this operation, ISAF is aware of civilian casualty allegations and ISAF Joint Command is sending a joint incident assessment team to look into those allegations.