SgtJim
02-10-2011, 07:50 AM
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 9847
2011-02-S-065
For Immediate Release
KABUL, Afghanistan (Feb. 9) – A joint Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance Force patrol detained a suspected Taliban leader and an associate in Sayyidabad district, Wardak province yesterday.
The target was detained by Afghan forces for allegedly commanding approximately 20 fighters in Wardak, moving groups of fighters back and forth from Pakistan to Afghanistan and funding Taliban groups in the area.
Intelligence reports and tips from local citizens led the joint patrol to a compound thought to be associated with the target. The force knocked on the door and the man who answered identified himself as the target of the operation.
The target and an associate were detained by Afghan forces on a Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan warrant.
In other ISAF news throughout Afghanistan:
North
A security force conducted a weapons cache recover operation in Khanabad district, Kunduz province today. The force destroyed 27 OG9 rockets, 14 propelling charges and one mortar tube.
South
An ISAF patrol was engaged with insurgent small-arms fire in Kajaki district, Helmand province, today. After gaining positive identification, the unit returned small arms fire and high-explosive mortar rounds. After observing good effects on the insurgent position, the unit was engaged from a different firing point.
As the engagement continued, the ISAF unit continued shelling the insurgent position with mortar rounds and an air weapons team also engaged the position. Initial reporting indicates more than 10 insurgents were killed in the fighting with no ISAF injuries.
A combined dismounted patrol in Zharay district, Kandahar province found a weapons cache consisting of 500 7.62 mm rounds, one AK-47 and five AK-47 magazines.
Also in Panjwa’i district, Kandahar province, a combined patrol discovered 26 rocket-propelled grenade motors, two AK-47s, 301 9 mm rounds, 54 23 mm rounds, along with other assorted weapons and ammunition.
All of the confiscated weapons have been or will be destroyed.
2011-02-S-065
For Immediate Release
KABUL, Afghanistan (Feb. 9) – A joint Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance Force patrol detained a suspected Taliban leader and an associate in Sayyidabad district, Wardak province yesterday.
The target was detained by Afghan forces for allegedly commanding approximately 20 fighters in Wardak, moving groups of fighters back and forth from Pakistan to Afghanistan and funding Taliban groups in the area.
Intelligence reports and tips from local citizens led the joint patrol to a compound thought to be associated with the target. The force knocked on the door and the man who answered identified himself as the target of the operation.
The target and an associate were detained by Afghan forces on a Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan warrant.
In other ISAF news throughout Afghanistan:
North
A security force conducted a weapons cache recover operation in Khanabad district, Kunduz province today. The force destroyed 27 OG9 rockets, 14 propelling charges and one mortar tube.
South
An ISAF patrol was engaged with insurgent small-arms fire in Kajaki district, Helmand province, today. After gaining positive identification, the unit returned small arms fire and high-explosive mortar rounds. After observing good effects on the insurgent position, the unit was engaged from a different firing point.
As the engagement continued, the ISAF unit continued shelling the insurgent position with mortar rounds and an air weapons team also engaged the position. Initial reporting indicates more than 10 insurgents were killed in the fighting with no ISAF injuries.
A combined dismounted patrol in Zharay district, Kandahar province found a weapons cache consisting of 500 7.62 mm rounds, one AK-47 and five AK-47 magazines.
Also in Panjwa’i district, Kandahar province, a combined patrol discovered 26 rocket-propelled grenade motors, two AK-47s, 301 9 mm rounds, 54 23 mm rounds, along with other assorted weapons and ammunition.
All of the confiscated weapons have been or will be destroyed.