SgtJim
02-18-2011, 07:56 PM
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 9878
2011-02-S-129
For Immediate Release
KABUL, Afghanistan (Feb. 18) – A coalition forces air weapons team engaged a large number of armed insurgents in Ghaziabad district, Kunar province, killing more than 30 insurgents overnight.
While on an aerial security patrol, the air weapons team positively identified armed insurgents in the area and engaged them. After the initial firing, a large number of armed individuals emerged from a nearby building and were subsequently targeted and killed by the air weapons team.
Several additional armed individuals were positively identified and killed over the course of the more than four-hour engagement.
Initial reports indicate all rounds were safe and on target. There are no reports of injuries to civilians in this remote area of Kunar.
2011-02-S-129
For Immediate Release
KABUL, Afghanistan (Feb. 18) – A coalition forces air weapons team engaged a large number of armed insurgents in Ghaziabad district, Kunar province, killing more than 30 insurgents overnight.
While on an aerial security patrol, the air weapons team positively identified armed insurgents in the area and engaged them. After the initial firing, a large number of armed individuals emerged from a nearby building and were subsequently targeted and killed by the air weapons team.
Several additional armed individuals were positively identified and killed over the course of the more than four-hour engagement.
Initial reports indicate all rounds were safe and on target. There are no reports of injuries to civilians in this remote area of Kunar.