ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update June 9, 2011
2011-06-S-033 
For Immediate Release 

KABUL, Afghanistan (June 9, 2011)
A combined Afghan and coalition force killed a Taliban improvised explosive device expert during a security operation in Maidan Shahr district, Wardak province, yesterday. 

The target, Juma Shan, was a mid-level Taliban leader of an IED cell active along Highway 1, who specialized in advanced IED construction that targeted Afghan civilian and security force members. Shan was killed when he attempted to engage the patrol with a rifle. 

The force also detained one AK-47 rifle, one grenade, one night vision device and a quantity of small-arms ammunition. 

All weapons were destroyed on site.