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Coalition Kills Four in Afghanistan Bomb Network
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2008 – Coalition
forces killed four al-Qaida insurgents during fighting yesterday in
eastern Afghanistan’s Paktika province, military officials said.
The troops were conducting an operation in the Zurmat district to catch
a man known for helping Taliban leaders bring foreign fighters into
Afghanistan when they came under fire from insurgents who were known to
carry out numerous bomb attacks in the region.
The
force approached the targeted militants, who refused to follow
instructions and attempted to engage the force with AK-47 assault
rifles, officials said, so the force engaged with small-arms fire and
killed them.
A search of the area revealed the militants were
heavily armed with multiple AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenades, hand
grenades and pistols. These items were destroyed to prevent future use,
they said.
In other news from Afghanistan, coalition forces
responded today to a site in the Gulistan district of Farah province in
western Afghanistan, where militant mortar fire killed one civilian and
wounded another.
A coalition forces patrol responded to a
bazaar where the mortar rounds landed, officials said. They coordinated
the evacuation of the wounded civilian to a nearby NATO International
Security Assistance Force medical facility.
“While coalition
forces make every effort to protect the lives of innocent Afghans, we
have seen in recent days the tragic results of indiscriminate attacks
by extremists,” said Army Col. Greg Julian, U.S. Forces Afghanistan
spokesman. “This event follows on the heels of suicide bombings by
extremists in Kandahar and Nangarhar killing and injuring innocent
civilians, and the senseless battery-acid attack on schoolgirls in
Kandahar.”
Afghan Commandos Capture Explosives Expert
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2008 – Afghan national security forces, assisted by their coalition partners, captured enemy bomb expert Badshah Khel in the Sabari district of Afghanistan’s Khowst province last night, military officials reported.
After receiving credible information from local Afghan officials,
Afghan National Army commandos conducted an early morning raid on
Badshah Khel's compound and captured him within minutes of initiating
the operation, officials said, adding that no shots were fired and no
noncombatants were harmed.
Badshah
Khel is one of the most active roadside-bomb cell commanders in the
area, and is responsible for numerous attacks against coalition and
Afghan national security forces in the Khowst province, officials said.
In other news from Afghanistan, coalition forces acted in
self-defense after a civilian vehicle, driving erratically, inserted
itself into a military convoy in western Afghanistan yesterday. One
Afghan was killed and another Afghan was wounded. The wounded person
was taken to a local coalition base for treatment.
Coalition
forces went through warning procedures, including firing warning shots,
before the vehicle posed an imminent threat, officials said. Coalition
forces then fired into the engine block of the civilian vehicle. A
round ricocheted, resulting in the death of one of the civilians.
The incident occurred near the site of a suicide bombing that killed two coalition members Nov. 9.
News From NATO
Borsboom takes command of stability operations
KABUL,
Afghanistan - Rear Admiral Matthieu Borsboom took command Nov. 9 as
ISAF’s senior officer in charge of stability operations.
In his new role, the admiral from the Royal Netherlands Navy is responsible for supporting stability operations, governance and development in Afghanistan.
ISAF ensure Afghans’ smooth passage to Mecca
KABUL, Afghanistan - About 45,000 Afghans started their journey Nov. 12 to Mecca as part of the annual Hajj.
The Hajj is an annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia that each Muslim strives to complete at least once in a lifetime.
ISAF defeats insurgent attack in Wardak
KABUL,
Afghanistan - ISAF defeated an insurgent attack on an Afghan contractor
convoy in Sayed Abad district, Wardak, Nov. 13.
ISAF forces responded to the attack with a ground reaction force and also called for close air support to the location. Having identified more than 10 insurgents in the area an airstrike was called in.
Joint ANSF, ISAF operation disrupts insurgents
ZABUL
PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Afghan National Police officers and ISAF
soldiers conduct Operation Iron Cage here Nov. 12. The operation was
designed to disrupt an insurgent cell in Qalat district. At the
operations end, the ANP had detained nine people. .Jpg (162kb)
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security Forces planned and conducted a joint operation Nov. 12 to disrupt an insurgent cell in Qalat district, Zabul. This cell was responsible for attacks on Qalat city and an ISAF base.
Due to the nature of the information received, ANSF and ISAF only had one day to plan and execute an operation under the name “Iron Cage.” The Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police together with ISAF seized several houses, which were suspected to be used by the insurgents.
Afghan
National Police, Afghan National Army and ISAF forces conduct maneuvers
as part of Operation Iron Cage here Nov. 12. The operation was designed
to disrupt an insurgent cell in Qalat district. At the operations end,
the ANP had detained nine people..Jpg (142kb)
In Sikhak village they discovered documents that proved the insurgents’ activity in the area. By the end of the operation, the ANP had detained nine people.
Romanian Major Virgil Ovidiu Pop, ISAF’s battalion commander for the operation, explained, “During Iron Cage we showed our presence in the Qalat area and denied the insurgents’ activities. Close cooperation with our ANSF colleagues was key to the success of this operation.”
ISAF accidently injures civilian in Helmand
KABUL, Afghanistan - ISAF accidently injured an Afghan civilian with a warning shot Nov. 12 in Sangin district, Helmand.
The injured man was hit by a single shot in the shoulder. An ISAF medical officer in the patrol provided medical care immediately, and the patrol provided him food and shelter overnight.
News From Bagram Air Base
Coalition forces kill four al-Qaeda militants in Paktia
From U.S. Forces Afghanistan
11/13/2008 - KABUL, Afghanistan -- Coalition
forces killed four al-Qaeda associated militants during an operation to
thwart the foreign fighter network in Paktia province, Thursday.
In Zurmat District, Coalition forces targeted an al-Qaeda associated
militant known to assist local Taliban leaders with the movement of
Arabs and other foreign fighters into Afghanistan. These fighters have
carried out numerous suicide and improvised explosive device (IED)
attacks in the region.
As the force approached the targeted militants, they refused to follow
instructions and attempted to engage the force with AK-47s. Realizing
the imminent threat, the force engaged with small-arms fire and killed
them.
A search of the area revealed the militants were heavily armed with
multiple AK-47s, rocket propelled grenades, hand grenades and pistols.
These items were destroyed to prevent future use.
One U.S. service member, ten Afghan civilians die in Eastern Afghanistan
from U.S. Forces Afghanistan
11/13/2008 - KABUL, Afghanistan -- A
suicide bomber today entered a meat market area of Bati Kot District,
near Nangarhar province, and detonated the bomb, killing one U.S.
service member, ten Afghan civilians and wounding 58 civilians.
The Afghan National Police have secured the scene, and are providing assistance for casualties.
Names and nationalities are being withheld until the next of kin are notified.
From The Army
Inbound choppersStanding by on a hilltop, Soldiers with the 101st Division Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division watch as two Chinook helicopters fly in to take them back to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 4, 2008. The Soldiers searched a small village in the valley below for IED making materials and facilities.
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