KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces confirmed the death of
al-Qaeda senior leader Abu Walid during an operation which occurred Aug.
3 in Watahpur district,
Kunar province.
Abu Walid, also known as Amru Mastur al-Ghamrawi, was a Saudi al-Qaeda
leader and improvised explosive device expert who participated in
numerous attacks against Afghan and coalition forces, particularly in
Waygal district, Nuristan province.
Abu Walid worked with and trained Taliban insurgents on IED
construction. He was killed in an Afghan and coalition force operation
along with al-Qaida facilitator Fatah Gul and several other insurgents.
In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan:
Southwest
Yesterday, a local national vehicle in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of
Helmand province moved over into the opposite lane of traffic, placing
the passengers directly in the path of an ISAF armored vehicle. The
local national's vehicle clipped the ISAF vehicle when it swerved to
move out of the opposite flow of traffic, avoiding a head-on collision.
This contact however, caused the local national vehicle to spin off the
road. One local national was killed and four others were injured as a
result of the accident. One of the seriously injured was taken to an
ISAF facility for treatment and the remaining three were treated at an
Afghan medical facility. There were no ISAF casualties.
East
In Nawah district, Ghazni province on Thursday, Provincial Response
Company Zabul, enabled by coalition forces, confirmed they captured
Taliban cell leader Ajmal Mohammad Alam. This Taliban leader is believed
to be a facilitator of weapons and improvised explosive devices used
for attacks in
Shah Joy district, Ghazni province. The insurgent leader
had a direct connection with senior Taliban leaders. In the same
operation, combined forces found and destroyed 1,250 kilograms of
ammonium nitrate, a chemical used in the production of homemade
explosive.
Provincial Response Company Ghazni and coalition forces recovered 60
improvised explosive devices in a combined cache recovery operation in
Deh Yak district, Ghazni province yesterday. The IEDs were located in an
abandoned building 2.5 kilometers away from Shayer Buz village. Some
IEDs were retained as evidence and the rest were destroyed.
An Afghan and coalition force killed several insurgents during an
operation in Watahpur district, Kunar province, yesterday. During the
operation, the security force observed several individuals engaging in
insurgent activity. After ensuring there were no civilians nearby, the
security force engaged with a precision airstrike. Post-strike
assessments determined no civilians were harmed and there was no damage
to civilian structures.
An Afghan and coalition security force killed one and detained numerous
suspected insurgents and destroyed an explosives and weapons cache
during an operation in search for a Haqqani leader in Sayyid Karam
district,
Paktiya province, today. The Haqqani leader
is believed to direct attacks and acquire weapons and funding for
Haqqani terrorist attacks in Paktiya province. As the security force
approached the Haqqani leader’s suspected location, an armed insurgent
fired on the security force. The security force returned fire, killing
the insurgent. No civilians were harmed during the operation.
In Wali Muhammad Shahid
Khugyani district, Ghazni province today, an
Afghan and coalition security force detained several suspected
insurgents during a search for a Taliban leader. The Taliban leader is
believed to direct and lead improvised explosive device attacks against
Afghan and coalition forces.
South
An Afghan and coalition forces detained numerous suspected insurgents
during an operation in search of a Taliban bomb-maker in
Washer
district, Helmand province, today. The Taliban bomb-maker is believed to
acquire and manufacture various types of improvised explosive devices
for Taliban leaders in Washer district.
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