2012-07-S-001
For Immediate Release

 

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 1, 2012)
In Ahmadabad district, Paktiya province, an Afghan and coalition force conducted a security operation in search of a Haqqani leader Saturday. During the operation, the security force identified an armed group of insurgents at a Haqqani camp.  After assessing that there were no civilians in the area, the security force engaged the insurgents with a precision airstrike. After the strike, the security force conducted a follow-on assessment which confirmed numerous insurgents had been killed and that no civilians had been harmed or civilian property damaged by the airstrike.