May 13: Afghan-ISAF Operations in Eastern, Southern Afghanistan
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan  2010-05-CA-052  For Immediate Release
 KABUL, Afghanistan (May 13) - An Afghan-international security force killed several insurgents and detained almost a dozen others as the patrol searched for a Pakistani-based Taliban commander in Helmand Province last night.
 Based on intelligence information, the combined force went to the village of Kheyl Kalizeh, in the Sangin district. As the combined force approached the compound they began receiving fire, and several armed individuals were seen moving to a nearby tree line, and were engaged and killed. The security force captured several other militants as they searched in and around the compound.
 Multiple automatic rifles and chest racks were found. Also, a tunnel system in the compound was discovered and cleared. The targeted militant is a Pakistani-based Taliban commander responsible for attacks against ISAF forces and involved in training and moving foreign fighters.
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