ANP and US Navy SEALs kill eight insurgents in Arghandab

NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan
Story by Maj. Paul Oliver

Date: 01.21.2011
Posted: 01.21.2011 12:21
News ID: 63947

By Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan Public Affairs

ZABUL, Afghanistan – Members of the Afghan National Police and U.S. Navy SEALs killed eight insurgents Jan. 19 in Arghandab District, Zabul province.

The Afghan-led force was conducting a routine patrol to address villager’s concerns regarding security in this remote region of the country when they were engaged by an insurgent force. After returning fire, the combined force called in an air weapons team to suppress the enemy’s fire, killing the eight insurgents.

There were no civilian casualties or collateral damage during the engagement.