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01-21-2011, 06:37 AM
KABUL, Afghanistan – Three Afghan civilians, including one child, were killed and four wounded in an improvised explosive attack in Kandahar district, Kandahar province, Jan. 20.
Afghan National Police responded to the scene of the blast to evacuate the wounded to Mirwais hospital and look into the incident.
“Another unacceptable act of terror against Afghans that shows the inhumanity of the insurgents,” said U.S. Army Col. Rafael Torres, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director. KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces targeted a Taliban shadow district leader for Hisarak District, Nangarhar province, and a Haqqani Network leader during security operations detaining more than 10 suspected insurgents and killing two armed insurgents in Nangarhar and Khost provinces yesterday. 9696
In Nangarhar province, Afghan and coalition forces targeted the Taliban shadow district leader for Hisarak during a security operation killing two armed insurgents.
The targeted Taliban shadow district leader conducted attacks against Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan officials and coalition forces. He poses a threat to the security of Afghan officials and coalition forces in Hisarak and Sherzad Districts. According to recent reporting he has acquired improvised explosive device material, machine guns and rockets for future attacks.
Intelligence reports led the security force to the targeted compound in Surkh Rod District, where Afghan forces called for all occupants to exit the buildings peacefully before conducting a search. While searching the area, the security force was threatened by two armed insurgents, resulting in the armed insurgents being killed.
In Khost province, Afghan and coalition forces targeted a Haqqani Network facilitator detaining more than 10 suspected insurgents during a security operation.
The security force targeted the Taliban leader who operates within Khost district. He facilitates the movement of heavy weapons and IED materials for multiple Haqqani Network leaders operating in the province. Recent reporting indicates he planned to transport an anti-aircraft missile, an anti-tank missile and heavy machine gun to a Haqqani Network leader.
Security forces followed leads to the target location in the district, where Afghan forces called for all occupants to exit out of the buildings peacefully before conducting a search. The security team detained 11 suspected insurgents based on initial questioning at the scene. The security force recovered various weapons to include more than 10 anti-personnel mines, multiple AK-47s, 14 grenades, multiple chest racks, 55-pounds of IED making chemicals and an IED trigger system and hundreds of rounds heavy machine gun of ammunition. KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces detained a Taliban facilitator along with one suspected insurgent during a security operation in Paktiya province yesterday.
The Taliban facilitator was responsible for laundering money through the black market to finance Taliban insurgent operations. He is closely associated with a network of narcotic traffickers in the area. Recent reporting indicates he was planning a possible attack with other Taliban insurgents.
Security forces followed leads to a targeted location in Gardez district, where Afghan forces called for all occupants to exit out of the buildings peacefully before conducting a search. The Taliban facilitator identified himself to the security force and was detained. The security team detained one suspected insurgent based on initial questioning at the scene.
With the capture of the Taliban facilitator leader yesterday, Afghan and coalition forces have detained more than 35 Taliban senior leaders and facilitators along with more than 175 suspected Taliban insurgents since the first of the year. The security force conducted 86 percent of those missions without shots fired
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces completed another multi-day deliberate clearing operation aimed at disrupting the Taliban’s freedom of movement in northern Afghanistan killing more than 10 insurgents in Faryab province Jan. 18 and yesterday.
The joint security force is continuing efforts to disrupt enemy safe havens, where Taliban leaders use villages throughout the area to conduct operational planning and facilitate their attacks. This operation focused on an area near Kwaji Kinti village in Qaisar District.
Afghan and coalition forces cleared more than 20 buildings suspected of insurgent activity in the area. Throughout the operation, Afghan forces called for all occupants to exit the compounds peacefully before the joint security force cleared and secured the areas.
“The Afghan and coalition force clearing operation has pushed Taliban enemies out of the Kwaji Kinti village allowing the residents of the village to experience safety knowing they will no longer be controlled by insurgents,” U.S. Army Col. Rafael Torres, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director said. “This clearing operation will allow the villagers an opportunity to work toward maintaining their own governance and security free from intimidation and terrorization of Taliban insurgents.”
On Jan. 18, as the security force arrived at the first targeted building, multiple armed combatants engaged with AK-47s and rocket propelled grenades. The security force returned fire, killing several armed combatants. The security force was unable to conduct a search of the area due to insurgents in the building shooting at the force.
The security force then received machine gun fire from multiple insurgents at what was assessed to be a Taliban command and control enemy fighting position. They returned fire, killing several armed combatants. The security force was able to identify a machine gun, rocket propelled grenade launcher and ammunition inside the building.
After determining there were no civilians present and that no other options or means of engagement to effectively counter the threat, coalition forces destroyed the Taliban fighting position with a precision air strike. The security force has assessed the building is no longer usable. The building had been the local school before the Taliban took control of it.
Yesterday, as the security force was clearing another building, insurgents once again engaged the security force with RPGs and small-arms fire. The security force returned fire, killing several additional armed insurgents.
Also today, Afghan National Security Forces and ISAF discovered several caches during separate clearing operations in southern and eastern Afghanistan.
In Helmand, Kandahar and Logar provinces, Afghan National Security and ISAF patrols discovered several large weapons, IED-making components and narcotics caches in Sangin, Nad’Ali, Arghandab and Pul-e’Alam districts. The caches consisted of 1,600 7.62 mm rounds, three 82 mm recoilless rifle rounds, eight rocket-propelled grenades, 16 RPG boosters, one RPG launcher, 10 fragmentation grenades, one 82 mm mortar round, one mortar tube, three mortar rounds, eight unknown grenades and one 107 mm rocket.
The IED-making components consisted of one vehicle operated IED, 24 pressure plates, two radio remote controllers, detonation cord, radio components, 24 blasting caps, 80 pounds (36 kilograms) of homemade explosive, 44 pounds (20 kg) of ammonium nitrate and 11 pounds (5 kg) of explosives.
The caches also contained a large quantity of drugs including 110 pounds (50 kg) of opium.
Initial reports indicate no civilians were injured and no damage was reported during the clearing operations. The weapons, IED making components and drugs from all the provinces were confiscated and will be destroyed.
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Afghan National Police responded to the scene of the blast to evacuate the wounded to Mirwais hospital and look into the incident.
“Another unacceptable act of terror against Afghans that shows the inhumanity of the insurgents,” said U.S. Army Col. Rafael Torres, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director. KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces targeted a Taliban shadow district leader for Hisarak District, Nangarhar province, and a Haqqani Network leader during security operations detaining more than 10 suspected insurgents and killing two armed insurgents in Nangarhar and Khost provinces yesterday. 9696
In Nangarhar province, Afghan and coalition forces targeted the Taliban shadow district leader for Hisarak during a security operation killing two armed insurgents.
The targeted Taliban shadow district leader conducted attacks against Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan officials and coalition forces. He poses a threat to the security of Afghan officials and coalition forces in Hisarak and Sherzad Districts. According to recent reporting he has acquired improvised explosive device material, machine guns and rockets for future attacks.
Intelligence reports led the security force to the targeted compound in Surkh Rod District, where Afghan forces called for all occupants to exit the buildings peacefully before conducting a search. While searching the area, the security force was threatened by two armed insurgents, resulting in the armed insurgents being killed.
In Khost province, Afghan and coalition forces targeted a Haqqani Network facilitator detaining more than 10 suspected insurgents during a security operation.
The security force targeted the Taliban leader who operates within Khost district. He facilitates the movement of heavy weapons and IED materials for multiple Haqqani Network leaders operating in the province. Recent reporting indicates he planned to transport an anti-aircraft missile, an anti-tank missile and heavy machine gun to a Haqqani Network leader.
Security forces followed leads to the target location in the district, where Afghan forces called for all occupants to exit out of the buildings peacefully before conducting a search. The security team detained 11 suspected insurgents based on initial questioning at the scene. The security force recovered various weapons to include more than 10 anti-personnel mines, multiple AK-47s, 14 grenades, multiple chest racks, 55-pounds of IED making chemicals and an IED trigger system and hundreds of rounds heavy machine gun of ammunition. KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces detained a Taliban facilitator along with one suspected insurgent during a security operation in Paktiya province yesterday.
The Taliban facilitator was responsible for laundering money through the black market to finance Taliban insurgent operations. He is closely associated with a network of narcotic traffickers in the area. Recent reporting indicates he was planning a possible attack with other Taliban insurgents.
Security forces followed leads to a targeted location in Gardez district, where Afghan forces called for all occupants to exit out of the buildings peacefully before conducting a search. The Taliban facilitator identified himself to the security force and was detained. The security team detained one suspected insurgent based on initial questioning at the scene.
With the capture of the Taliban facilitator leader yesterday, Afghan and coalition forces have detained more than 35 Taliban senior leaders and facilitators along with more than 175 suspected Taliban insurgents since the first of the year. The security force conducted 86 percent of those missions without shots fired
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces completed another multi-day deliberate clearing operation aimed at disrupting the Taliban’s freedom of movement in northern Afghanistan killing more than 10 insurgents in Faryab province Jan. 18 and yesterday.
The joint security force is continuing efforts to disrupt enemy safe havens, where Taliban leaders use villages throughout the area to conduct operational planning and facilitate their attacks. This operation focused on an area near Kwaji Kinti village in Qaisar District.
Afghan and coalition forces cleared more than 20 buildings suspected of insurgent activity in the area. Throughout the operation, Afghan forces called for all occupants to exit the compounds peacefully before the joint security force cleared and secured the areas.
“The Afghan and coalition force clearing operation has pushed Taliban enemies out of the Kwaji Kinti village allowing the residents of the village to experience safety knowing they will no longer be controlled by insurgents,” U.S. Army Col. Rafael Torres, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director said. “This clearing operation will allow the villagers an opportunity to work toward maintaining their own governance and security free from intimidation and terrorization of Taliban insurgents.”
On Jan. 18, as the security force arrived at the first targeted building, multiple armed combatants engaged with AK-47s and rocket propelled grenades. The security force returned fire, killing several armed combatants. The security force was unable to conduct a search of the area due to insurgents in the building shooting at the force.
The security force then received machine gun fire from multiple insurgents at what was assessed to be a Taliban command and control enemy fighting position. They returned fire, killing several armed combatants. The security force was able to identify a machine gun, rocket propelled grenade launcher and ammunition inside the building.
After determining there were no civilians present and that no other options or means of engagement to effectively counter the threat, coalition forces destroyed the Taliban fighting position with a precision air strike. The security force has assessed the building is no longer usable. The building had been the local school before the Taliban took control of it.
Yesterday, as the security force was clearing another building, insurgents once again engaged the security force with RPGs and small-arms fire. The security force returned fire, killing several additional armed insurgents.
Also today, Afghan National Security Forces and ISAF discovered several caches during separate clearing operations in southern and eastern Afghanistan.
In Helmand, Kandahar and Logar provinces, Afghan National Security and ISAF patrols discovered several large weapons, IED-making components and narcotics caches in Sangin, Nad’Ali, Arghandab and Pul-e’Alam districts. The caches consisted of 1,600 7.62 mm rounds, three 82 mm recoilless rifle rounds, eight rocket-propelled grenades, 16 RPG boosters, one RPG launcher, 10 fragmentation grenades, one 82 mm mortar round, one mortar tube, three mortar rounds, eight unknown grenades and one 107 mm rocket.
The IED-making components consisted of one vehicle operated IED, 24 pressure plates, two radio remote controllers, detonation cord, radio components, 24 blasting caps, 80 pounds (36 kilograms) of homemade explosive, 44 pounds (20 kg) of ammonium nitrate and 11 pounds (5 kg) of explosives.
The caches also contained a large quantity of drugs including 110 pounds (50 kg) of opium.
Initial reports indicate no civilians were injured and no damage was reported during the clearing operations. The weapons, IED making components and drugs from all the provinces were confiscated and will be destroyed.
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