2012-08-S-037
For Immediate Release
 
 
KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 19, 2012)
In Watahpur district, Kunar province, an Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation yesterday. During the operation, the security force identified several insurgents. After ensuring no civilians were in the area, the security force engaged the insurgents with a precision airstrike, killing many of them. A post-strike assessment determined the airstrike had not harmed any civilians or damaged any civilian property.

2012-08-S-040
For Immediate Release
 
 
KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 20, 2012)
Afghan and coalition forces confirmed today that one of the insurgents killed in a precision airstrike in Watahpur district, Kunar province, Friday was the al-Qaeda associated Taliban leader Yasir.  Yasir organized and conducted attacks against Afghan and coalition forces and was involved in the Aug. 8 suicide attack in Asadabad district, which killed three U.S. soldiers and a U.S. civilian.  Several other insurgents were also killed in the operation.