ISAF Joint Command- Afghanistan
2011-08-S-062
For Immediate Release 

KABUL, Afghanistan (August 24, 2011) – A combined Afghan and coalition security force killed a senior Taliban leader and one other insurgent during a security operation in Ghormach district, Faryab province, yesterday. 
Mullah Bahuddin was a senior Taliban leader responsible for directing multiple attacks on Afghan National Security Forces, and facilitating weapons distribution and suicide bomb attacks in the area. 
He was a key insurgent leadership figure, connecting the greater Badghis and Ghormach Taliban groups. 
The security force located Bahuddin and one of his subordinates earlier in the day, using information received through reports from locals. As the force conducted a search to detain the two insurgents, it observed the two men were armed. A firefight ensued, and Bahuddin and his subordinate were both killed. Following the engagement the security force confiscated a machine gun, rocket propelled grenade rocket motors, and a pistol from the insurgent location. 
Bahuddin is one of more than 50 Taliban insurgents killed since the beginning of the year during security force operations in Faryab province.