2012-08-S-030
For Immediate Release
 
 
KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 16, 2012) — An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in search of a group of insurgents in Nizam-e Shahid district, Herat province yesterday.
 
When the security force found the insurgents, they engaged them with a precision airstrike.  After the strike, the force conducted a follow-on assessment and confirmed the strike had killed multiple insurgents.  The security force also confirmed the strike had not injured any civilians or damaged any civilian property.
 
The insurgents, who belonged to an insurgent cell controlled by Abdulla Akbari, were planning a large scale attack against Afghan government officials and Afghan security forces in Herat.
 
Akbari leads a group of insurgents responsible for improvised explosive attacks throughout the province and rocket attacks against Herat Airfield.