Compiled
from International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Releases
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2012 – A coalition
airstrike killed several insurgents during a search for a Taliban leader in the
Achin district of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province today, military officials
reported.
During the operation, an armed group of
insurgents attempted to attack the Afghan and coalition troops, officials said.
The security force positively identified the armed insurgents and engaged them
with a precision airstrike.
While conducting a post-strike
assessment, the security force confirmed the strike had killed several of the
insurgent attackers, officials said. The security force also confirmed the
strike had not injured any civilians or damaged any civilian property. The
security force detained one suspected insurgent.
Also today in the Terayzai district of
Khost province, an Afghan-led, coalition-supported force detained several
suspects during a search for a Haqqani leader. The sought-after Haqqani leader
has conducted several attacks against Afghan and coalition forces in recent
months. He also is responsible for acquiring weapons for insurgents in the
province.
In operations yesterday:
-- Haqqani network leader Hakimi was
killed by a coalition airstrike in the Muhammad Aghah district of Logar
province. Hakimi had served directly under the Haqqani leader for the Muhammad
Aghah district and was directly involved in the transport of explosives and
weapons to insurgents throughout the region. The airstrike did not injure any
civilians or damage civilian property.
-- A coalition airstrike killed several
insurgents during a search for a Haqqani leader in the Tsamkani district of
Paktia province. The airstrike did not injure any civilians or damage any
civilian property.
-- In Ghanzi province, a combined force
found and cleared an improvised explosive device in the Gelan district and
cleared another IED in the Ghazni district.
-- A combined force detained five
insurgents who were emplacing an IED in Khost province’s Sabari district.
-- A combined force detained five
insurgents in Khost province’s Gurbuz district.
-- A combined force discovered an
ammunition cache in Khost province’s Sabari district.
-- In Nangarhar province, a combined
force detained two insurgents who were emplacing an IED in the Bati Kot
district.
-- A combined force killed two
insurgents and wounded two others in the Jani Khel district of Paktika
province.
-- In Wardak province, a combined force
found and cleared an IED in the Sayyidabad district and another in the Maidan
Shahr district.
-- A combined force detained an
insurgent who was found with IED-making materials in Wardak province’s Maidan
Shahr district.
-- In the Baraki Barak district of Logar
province, a combined force killed an insurgent, detained several suspects and
seized multiple weapons during an operation to arrest a Taliban leader.
In other news, Mufti Assad, also known
as Mufti Punjabi, Abdul Qudus and Sufyan, the al-Qaida network leader for Kunar
province, was killed Aug. 3 in an airstrike in the Watahpur district of Kunar
province. Assad led dozens of al-Qaida affiliated fighters throughout eastern
Afghanistan and provided IED training to insurgents. Yusuf, Assad’s al-Qaida
network deputy, also was killed in the airstrike. Yusuf, also known as Omar and
Rayhman, was an IED expert who directed insurgent attacks across eastern
Afghanistan.
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