ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
2011-08-S-047

KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 18) – A combined Afghan and coalition security force killed numerous insurgents and detained two more during a security operation in Khugyani district, Nangarhar province, yesterday.
The force was in the area searching for a Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin leader when they observed several groups of heavily armed insurgents maneuvering in the immediate area.
A firefight ensued when the insurgents, armed with rocket propelled grenades, machine guns and AK-47s, attacked the security force. The exchange resulted in the deaths of the insurgent attackers.
The original target of this operation was an insurgent leader who directs a group of Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin and Taliban fighters in the district. He also plans and conducts ambush and roadside bomb attacks against the Afghan National Security Force.
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