Coalition Forces Conduct Precision Air Strike on IED Emplacers
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-11-CA-042 For Immediate Release Download PDF   KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 4) – Coalition forces conducted a precision air strike in Khost province Wednesday targeting a Haqqani Network senior leader who coordinates and conducts attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.   Coalition forces observed the senior leader with a group of insurgents in a remote area of Khost district as they were emplacing an improvised explosive device along the road. After careful planning to avoid civilian causalities, coalition forces conducted the precision air strike, killing several insurgents.  ISAF is still trying to verify if the targeted individual was among those killed in the strike.

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UPDATE: Force Kills Haqqani Senior Leader During Precision Air Strike
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-11-CA-061 For Immediate Release Download PDF  KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 5, 2010) — The International Security Assistance Force confirmed that Faiz Mohammad, a Haqqani Network senior leader who coordinated and conducted attacks against Afghan and coalition forces, was killed as he emplaced an improvised explosive device along a road in Khost province.   “We’re always happy when we can halt an IED attack,” said U.S. Army Col. Rafael Torres, International Security Assistance Force Combined Joint Operations Center director. “We caught the group in the act and eliminated the threat before it could injure or kill one of our forces, or worse, an Afghan civilian.”  Coalition forces observed the senior leader with a group of insurgents Wednesday as they emplaced an IED along a road in a remote area of Khost district. After careful planning to avoid civilian causalities, coalition forces conducted the precision air strike, killing several insurgents.