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Afghanistan update for June 11 2010
ISAF via DVIDS An Afghan-international security force detained several individuals suspected of insurgent activity in Logar province last night. The individuals were detained as the combined force searched a compound in Padkhvab-e Shaneh, Pul-e ‘Alam district, after intelligence information revealed militant activity. Another Afghan-international force used aircraft and ground forces to stop two vehicles and detained multiple individuals suspected of insurgent activity in Zabul province yesterday. The security force was pursuing a Taliban commander in the village of Zakuri, Shah Joy district, after intelligence information revealed insurgent activity. The vehicles were stopped without incident, and several women and children in the vehicles were protected. Individuals suspected of insurgent activity were detained by a separate Afghan-international force in Zabul province yesterday. The combined force detained two suspected insurgents while searching a compound in the village of Jonubi Garay, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Terrorist Death Watch, War on Terror
Afghan police seize heroin disguised as Korans
DVIDS Afghan National Police seized 76 kilograms of heroin Thursday at a checkpoint on Highway 1 in Zabul province. The heroin was discovered when the narcotics section of the Zabul ANP stopped an overloaded bus at a checkpoint. The inspection uncovered four burlap sacks containing bundles of books. Further inspection revealed the books had been hollowed out and were being used to disguise the heroin. Copies of the Quran were placed on top of the bundles in what is believed to be an effort to deter inspection. “This is a great example of police work and counter narcotics operations. The Narcotics section is highly experienced in disrupting drug trafficking as well as drug seizure. This week the ANP seized over 740Kgs of Heroin,” stated Capt. Michael Tumlin, ISAF partner for the Zabul Provincial … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Building Zabul Province
Multiple focused, joint projects between the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team, U.S. Agency for International Development’s Food Insecurity Response for Urban Populations program, Zabul provincial and district officials and community stakeholders have begun in order to bring improved quality of life and commerce to two key population centers in this remote province. Two municipal landfills are being developed, one each in Qalat City and Shajoy, employing approximately 1,100 workers each for the next three months. Another 400 … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Afghan security forces kill eleven
The Afghan national army and Afghan national police, assisted by Coalition forces, conducted a cordon and search in the Arghandab District, Oct. 30, to search for a weapons cache and known insurgent leadership. The operation led to the detainment of four insurgents and several others being killed. The intent of the operation was to decrease roadside bomb usage along the major highway going into Qalat City in Deh Chopan. The insurgents removed from the district were associated with placing several roadside bombs that were responsible for the deaths of innocent civilians. The ANA and Arghandab ANP will continue to patrol this area and conduct operations to remove insurgents and halt the emplacement of roadside bombs. No civilians were injured during this operation. DVIDS … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Terrorist Death Watch, War on Terror
AF major talks the talk, walks the walk in Qalat
Maj. Loftis has a Pashto name — Esan. People are always asking him what it means. Deployed to Forward Operating Base Smart – a small military compound located in the heart of the Southern Afghan city of Qalat – the Air Force public information officer leaves quite an impression with the Afghan community he lives and works in, even if that community happens to be in the middle of a war zone. While on foot patrol, Maj. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, War on Terror
Afghan activity continues unabated
ISAF reports 1 and 2 In Helmand province a joint security force detained a suspected militant commander and several suspected militants linked to the narcotics industry in Nahri Sarraj district, during an Oct. 11 operation. Haji Khan Mohammed is considered a senior power broker in the district, and it is believed that his drug operations provided financial support to enemy fighters throughout southern Afghanistan. During the operation joint security forces received machine gun fire from militants shooting from multiple compounds. The forces moved the fighting away from the compounds and detained the militants. The joint force also found a weapons cache consisting of 40 rocket propelled grenades, two ammunition vests, several thousand machine gun rounds, several five-gallon jugs used in constructing homemade explosives for roadside bombs, three AK-47s and 20 mortar rounds. The cache … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Terrorist Death Watch, War on Terror
Medics Aid Afghani Children
Two medics of the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, are using their medical skills not only to help their fellow Soldiers, but also to aid local Afghans. Army Spcs. Chad E. Brown of Red Oak, Texas, and Rodrigus I. Purdiman of Cairo, Ill., both assigned to Forward Operating Base Baylough in Afghanistan, said they are dedicated to helping ill or injured Afghans. “The impression we try to leave is that America is here to help them in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Humanitarian Assistance, Medicine, Military, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Afghan National Army Kill 14 Militants
Afghan national army soldiers advised by coalition forces killed 14 armed militants in Qalat District, Zabul province Saturday [April 4 2009]. In a continuous effort to deny militants freedom of movement and seek out improvised explosive device caches, the ANA-led force conducted a combat reconnaissance patrol in an area of known militant presence. The patrol was attacked by numerous armed militants with heavy small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire. The combined force moved forward, closing in on the enemies’ position as ANA soldiers recovered insurgent weapons. Inside a cave complex they discovered a cache of improvised explosive device making materials and several explosives which were destroyed by the ANA. As the force pushed forward, a firefight ensued when militants re-engaged the patrol from four motorcycles and various fighting positions with small-arms and RPG … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Terrorist Death Watch, War on Terror
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