2011-11-S-011

ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan

For Immediate Release

KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 7, 2011) — A combined Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in search of a Haqqani facilitator in Argo district, Badakshan province.

The facilitator coordinates suicide attacks with other insurgent leaders in the area.

During the operation, a local national male failed to comply with repeated verbal warnings and displayed hostile intent toward the security force. The security force engaged the individual, resulting in his death.

The security force confiscated a shotgun and intelligence linking the local national to the Haqqani network.

The security force also detained two suspected insurgents during the operation.