KABUL, Afghanistan (May 25) – An Afghan and coalition security force
killed eight insurgents during an operation in search of a senior
Taliban leader in Achin district, Nangarhar province, today.
The leader has planned, coordinated and executed multiple attacks
against Afghan government facilities, in addition to Afghan and
coalition forces. He maintains operational control over numerous
insurgent groups in the local area, and relays operational guidance from
senior Taliban leadership to his fighters.
In other
International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan:
North
Afghan Local Police killed one Taliban insurgent and wounded two others
while defending the Haji Safraz checkpoint in
Archi district, Kunduz
province, yesterday. The ALP returned fire after an unknown number of
Taliban fighters attacked the checkpoint with small arms fire.
Following the engagement ALP transferred custody of the dead and wounded
insurgents into the custody of the Afghan Uniformed Police.
South
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban facilitator
and two other insurgents during an operation in
Arghandab district,
Kandahar province, today. The facilitator is responsible for procuring
improvised explosive devices and distributing them to multiple insurgent
groups throughout Arghandab and Dand districts. He is also involved in
indirect fire attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. The security
force also seized a handgun as a result of the operation.
Afghan and coalition security forces confirmed today the arrest of a
Taliban leader during an operation in
Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand
province, Thursday. The leader is responsible for directing and
executing improvised explosive device and small arms attacks against
Afghan and coalition forces in the local area. He also procures and
distributes IED-making material to other insurgents and serves as an
intelligence operative for senior Taliban leadership.
Afghan National Army Special Forces of the 8th Special Operations
Kandak, Afghan Local Police, and Afghan Uniformed Police killed one
insurgent while responding to an ambush targeting the Mya Neshin
district Chief of Police, Abdul Satar, in Mya Neshin district, Kandahar
province, yesterday. The security force, which was providing over-watch
for a local shura, reacted when an unknown number of insurgents began to
attack the DCoP as he was departing Kushany Karez Kalay village.
East
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Haqqani high-profile
attack facilitator and one other insurgent during an operation in
Gardez
district,
Paktiya province, today. The facilitator has been involved in
multiple attacks against Afghan and coalition forces in Gardez district
and Kabul. He acquires weapons and military equipment and distributes
them to local insurgent groups. At the time of this arrest, he was
actively planning an attack involving multiple suicide bombers.
An Afghan and coalition security force killed two insurgents and wounded
two others during an operation in search of a Haqqani affiliated
Taliban leader in Muhammad Aghah district, Logar province, yesterday.
The leader is involved in planning, facilitating and executing attacks
against Afghan and coalition forces. He purchases and transfers
explosives, weapons and military equipment to Taliban and Haqqani cells
for use in insurgent operations.
Provincial Response Company Ghazni, enabled by coalition forces,
discovered a large cache of Potassium Chlorate, while conducting a
cordon and search operation in Dey Yak district, Ghazni province,
yesterday. The cache consisted of twenty 50 kg bags of Potassium
Chlorate totaling 1000 kilograms. All seized items were destroyed on
location.
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