ISAF Joint Command- Afghanistan
2011-07-S-030
For Immediate Release 

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 11, 2011) – A combined Afghan and coalition patrol conducted a search for a Taliban leader during an operation in Saraj district, Helmand province, yesterday. 

The operation resulted in the discovery of an improvised explosive device factory where several insurgents were killed when they fired on the patrol. 

The patrol also seized 16 pressure plate IEDs, eight anti-personnel mines, six grenades wrapped in ball bearings, several rockets, two suicide IED vests packed with explosives and detonators, a large amount of IED components and small arms ammunition. The target of the search was a Taliban leader and IED facilitator in the Sangin area who supplies lethal aid throughout central and northern Helmand. The explosives were safely destroyed on site.