Compiled
from International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Releases
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2012 – An Afghan
and coalition security force killed two insurgents and seized several pounds of
heroin during an operation in search of a Taliban leader in the Zharay district
of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province today, military officials reported.
As the security force approached the
Taliban leader’s suspected location, an armed group of insurgents displayed
hostile intent toward the Afghan and coalition troops, officials said. The
security force identified the lethal threat and engaged, killing two
insurgents.
The security force also detained four
suspected insurgents and seized a firearm as a result of the operation,
officials said.
Officials said no civilians were harmed
during the operation.
In other operations today:
-- An Afghan-led, coalition-supported force
detained some suspects during an operation to arrest a Taliban leader in the
Zharay district of Kandahar province. The Taliban leader is suspected of being
a specialist in the use of improvised explosive devices and is linked to IED
attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.
-- An Afghan-led, coalition-supported
force detained some suspects and seized firearms and ammunition during an
operation to arrest a Haqqani leader in the Khost district of Khost province.
The Haqqani leader is linked to IED attacks against Afghan and coalition forces
throughout the region.
In operations yesterday:
-- A combined force arrested a senior
Taliban weapons dealer, killed an armed insurgent, detained two suspects and
seized firearms in the Talah wa Barfak district of Baghlan province. The
detained weapons dealer was a senior Taliban leader in the district’s insurgent
network and arranged the purchase and distribution of rocket-propelled
grenades, heavy machine guns and explosives.
-- Afghan special police detained two suspects
and recovered a machine gun, ammunition and two chest rigs in the Narhin
district of Baghlan province.
-- A combined force killed two armed
insurgents, including the leader of a Taliban attack cell, during a precision
airstrike in the Sayyidabad district of Wardak province.
-- An Afghan-led, coalition-supported
force arrested a Taliban IED expert and four other suspects in the Panjwai
district of Kandahar province.
-- In the same district, a combined
force detained a suspect during an operation to arrest a Taliban leader.
-- Afghan Special Police and coalition
forces seized IED-making materials, a motorcycle intended for use in a suicide
IED attack, a machine gun, grenades and ammunition in the Shinkai district of
Zabul province.
-- A combined force detained four
suspects and seized several firearms and IED-making components during a search
for a senior Taliban leader in the Waghaz district of Ghazni province. The
Taliban leader is believed to be responsible for IED attacks and suicide operations
throughout the Waghaz district, as well as commanding dozens of insurgent
fighters.
In Sept. 22 operations:
-- Recruits under supervision of Afghan
Local Police and coalition forces killed a number of enemy insurgents in
Shaghowlay village, located in the Qara Bagh district. The police recruits and
coalition forces were fired upon while conducting a patrol through the village.
After repelling the attack, the Afghan police met with a local religious
leader, who indicated the Taliban had been using a local mosque as a staging
area for attacks. Upon inspection, the police found two rocket-propelled
grenades and a motorcycle near the mosque. An additional search yielded two
assault rifles, a machine gun, two grenades and loose ammunition. There were no
civilian causalities during the engagement.
-- Afghan Special Police and coalition
forces recovered weapons and narcotics in separate operations in Nimroz
province. The first operation, in the Zaranji district, resulted in the seizure
of 1,250 pounds of dry opium and ammonium nitrate, a banned fertilizer
insurgents use to make explosives. In the Chakhansr district, an Afghan-led
force recovered 1,234 pounds of opium, 230 pounds of heroin and a machine gun.
The combined force also detained two people suspected of moving weapons and
narcotics across southern Afghanistan. All of the drugs were destroyed.
-- In the Gardez district of Paktia
province, a combined force arrested a Haqqani network weapons dealer, detained
other suspects, seized weapons accessories and confiscated counterfeit IDs.
-- A combined force in the Gelan
district of Ghazni province arrested a Taliban intelligence facilitator
suspected of gathering information on Afghan and coalition operations and
providing it to Taliban leaders for planning and conducting insurgent attacks.
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