Afghan-International Force Precision Airstrike Targets Insurgents in Kunduz
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan  2010-06-CA-112  For Immediate Release
 KABUL, Afghanistan (June 27) - An Afghan-international security force killed a number of insurgents with a precision airstrike in the Chahar Darah District of Kunduz Province yesterday.   The Kunduz police chief and National Directorate of Security (NDS) sources reported that a Taliban commander who was a senior foreign fighter and weapons facilitator was among those killed in the strike.   The commander coordinated logistical support and operations with the Taliban's Pakistan foreign fighter cell leadership and was formerly in charge of the Taliban in Gor Tappa region, before stepping into an advisory role.   The airstrike wounded two additional insurgents, who were driven to a local hospital by another suspected Taliban insurgent. All three are now in the custody of the NDS.   After verifying insurgent activity and conducting careful planning to avoid civilian casualties and mitigate collateral damage, coalition aircraft were called in for the precision airstrike against the group of insurgents who were meeting at a field in an unpopulated area of the district.   Kunduz Police Chief, Brig. Gen. Abdul Razaq Yaqubi, confirmed the airstrike in the Taliban safe haven area of Bagh-i-Shirkat on the outskirts of the provincial capital, Kunduz city. Provincial government leadership expressed their support for the operation and recognized the combined force efforts to avoid civilian causalities.   No civilians were harmed during the operation.