ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update March 22, 2011
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2011-03-S-074 For Immediate Release   KABUL, Afghanistan (March 22, 2011) – Afghan and coalition forces killed one insurgent and detained two others during a clearing operation in Burkah district, Baghlan province yesterday.  One of the insurgents is senior Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader. He is the senior IMU leader and liaison to the Taliban network in Kunduz. The IMU leader maintains facilitation connections to IMU contacts around the region to coordinate logistics and personnel in Northern Afghanistan.   Intelligence reports led the security force to an area in the Burkah district to search for the IMU leader. The joint security force approached the targeted compound and used a loudspeaker to call for all occupants to exit peacefully. One IMU insurgent failed to comply and attempted to escape the building, approaching the joint security force armed with an AK-47 rifle, grenade, and chest rack. The joint security force killed the insurgent as he approached, and then detained a suspected insurgent who was also in the building. At another building the Joint security force detained a second suspected IMU insurgent.