From
an International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Release
KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2012 – An
Afghan and coalition security force arrested the senior Islamic Movement of
Uzbekistan leader for Afghanistan’s Kunduz province in the province’s Qalah-ye
Zal district today, military officials reported.
As the security force approached the IMU
leader's location, he and another insurgent maneuvered from the compound and
displayed hostile intent. The security force positively identified the
insurgent threat and engaged. The insurgent was killed, and the IMU leader was
arrested without injury. No civilians were harmed during the operation.
The detained senior insurgent leader is
believed to have directed the terrorist organization’s insurgent activity in
Kunduz province, including the financing, manning and provision of weapons and
equipment for attacks on Afghan and coalition forces. He also provided training
and direction to insurgents, resulting in several attacks using improvised
explosive devices.
The security force also detained four
suspected insurgents as a result of this operation.
In other operations today:
-- A combined force arrested a Taliban
weapons specialist and killed two armed insurgents in the Muqer district of
Ghazni province. As the security force approached his location, two armed
insurgents opened fire on the Afghan and coalition troops. The security force
engaged the armed insurgents, killing them. No civilians were harmed in the
exchange. Prior to his arrest, the Taliban weapons specialist planned and
executed several attacks against Afghan and coalition forces in the region
using mortars and small-arms fire.
-- A combined force detained six
suspects during a search for a Haqqani network weapons facilitator in the
Gardez district of Paktia province. The sought-after Haqqani facilitator is
believed to work with Haqqani and insurgent leaders throughout western Paktia
province to acquire and distribute weapons for attacks against Afghan and
coalition forces.
-- An Afghan-led, coalition-supported
force detained two suspects during a search for a Taliban facilitator in the
Kandahar district of Kandahar province. The Taliban facilitator is believed to
acquire, transport and distribute lethal supplies for insurgent attacks against
Afghan and coalition forces in Kandahar City.
-- A combined force detained two
suspects in the Zharay district of Kandahar province. The security force also
found and destroyed bomb-making components. No civilians were harmed during the
operation.
In a Sept. 17 operation, one of the
Haqqani network leaders behind an Aug. 7 attack on a coalition base in Logar
province, was killed by a combined security force in Logar’s Pul-e Alam
district. As the security force approached his location, he maneuvered from the
compound and opened fire. The security force returned fire, killing him. Hemat
was suspected of having supplied suicide bombers with equipment for the Aug. 7
attack, which wounded several Afghan civilians but failed to cause any
significant damage to the coalition base. The security force also seized
firearms and safely destroyed some explosives.
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