Updates on Recent ISAF Operations
The precision strike also killed Faizullah, a Taliban sub-commander, as he and Zia Agna were emplacing an improvised-explosive device in a road near Kandahar City.
Both Zia Agha and Faizullah were responsible for IED attacks in
An Afghan-international force conducting drug interdiction operations seized 655 kilograms of opium and 15 kilograms of heroin and detained several individuals in Garm Ser District, Helmand province June 17.
The drugs were discovered hidden inside two trucks, and after further investigation the combined force detained several suspected drug traffickers nearby who appeared to be under the influence of drugs.
The report was held until investigators could positively identify the type of drugs.
Medical personnel from the U.S. Special Operations Forces provided emergency medical treatment to Afghan civilians following yesterday's suicide attack in Tarin Kowt District, Uruzgan province.
Five injured civilians were treated at a coalition medical facility and were in stable condition. The suicide bomber is believed to have been targeting the acting Uruzgan provincial governor who was not harmed in the attack.
This event was initially reported in IJC news release 2010-06-IA-111, "Statement on insurgent attack on civilians in Uruzgan."