2012-06-S-055
For Immediate Release

 
KABUL, Afghanistan (June 30, 2012) 
An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation, in Watahpur district, Kunar province, yesterday. 
The target of the operation was Khatab Shafiq, a Lashkar-e-Taiba leader.  Khatab Shafiq was the LeT’s senior leader in Kunar province.  He was responsible for several attacks against Afghan and coalition forces, and provided money, weapons and training to insurgents in the region. 
Khatab Shafiq also established multiple insurgent training camps in eastern Afghanistan, where insurgents learned how to use mortars, rockets and machine guns. Most recently, he was involved with teaching insurgents how to build and emplace improvised explosive devices.  
During the operation, the security force positively identified Khatab Shafiq among an armed group of insurgents. After determining there were no civilians in the area, the security force engaged the insurgents with a precision airstrike away from all civilian structures.  
After the strike, the Afghan and coalition security force conducted a follow-on assessment and confirmed Khatab Shafiq, along with multiple other insurgents, had been killed.  The assessment also confirmed the strike had not harmed any civilians or damaged any civilian property. 
Following the initial airstrike, the security force identified several more armed insurgents in the immediate area and engaged them with a second precision airstrike. A follow-on assessment confirmed the second precision airstrike had killed several insurgents but had not harmed any civilians or damaged any civilian property.

2012-07-S-009 
 
KABUL, Afghanistan (July 6, 2012) — Afghan and coalition forces confirmed today that the Lashkar-e-Taiba insurgent leader Ammar was killed during an airstrike in Watahpur district, Kunar province, June 29.
 Ammar, managed a network of insurgents and directed attacks against Afghan and coalition forces throughout the province.
 The precision airstrike that killed Ammar also killed the LeT leader Khatab Shafiq and several other armed insurgents.
 A follow-on assessment confirmed the airstrike had not injured any civilians and had not damaged any civilian property.