Coalition Forces Eliminate Taliban Leader with Precision Air Strike
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-12-S-203 For Immediate Release Download PDF   KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 18, 2010) — Coalition forces conducted a precision air strike in Bala Murghab district in Badghis province, killing a senior Taliban leader yesterday.   Mullah Tor Jan was a Quetta Shura-appointed inspector for the Taliban Commission in the district. Tor Jan was also known as a Taliban leader who spent time with the deputy shadow governor of Badghis province.  Intelligence sources allowed an Afghan and coalition force to track an armed individual to a remote cave complex. Using a loudspeaker the security force called for the individual to exit peacefully. The suspected insurgent shot at the force leading to a progressive, escalated response that ended with a precision air strike on the cave complex to eliminate the threat.