From
an International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Release
KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 25, 2012 – An
Afghan and coalition security force killed a Taliban weapons dealer and
destroyed his cache of illegal weapons during an operation in the Omnah
district of Afghanistan’s Paktika province today, military officials reported.
Hizbullah, the weapons dealer, and another
armed insurgent maneuvered on the Afghan and coalition troops as the security
force approached Hizbullah’s compound, officials said. The security force
engaged both armed insurgents, killing them. No civilians were harmed.
Hizbullah acquired and provided
firearms, ammunition and explosives to Taliban insurgents under his command,
enabling them to conduct attacks against security forces throughout the region,
officials said. He also was believed to have been attempting to acquire a heavy
machine gun and additional equipment for future insurgent attacks.
A number of suspected insurgents were
detained in the operation, officials said. The security force also found and
destroyed assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, an RPG launcher,
fragmentation grenades and ammunition.
Also today, a combined force arrested
the leader of a Taliban cell and several other suspects in the Panjwai district
of Kandahar province. The arrested leader’s insurgent cell is suspected of
conducting small-arms fire and improvised explosive device attacks against
Afghan and coalition forces. He also allegedly is linked to attempts to acquire
weapons -- including mortar rounds -- for future attacks. The Taliban leader
also was believed to be involved in a plot to kidnap Afghan security officers.
In a Sept. 23 operation, an
International Security Assistance Force patrol seized 1,150 pounds of opium
during a drug interdiction operation in the Reg-e Khan Neshin district of
Helmand province. The ISAF patrol discovered the drugs after stopping and
searching a vehicle traveling along a known narcotics smuggling route. ISAF
troops detained the driver and destroyed the opium.
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