June 3: Afghan-ISAF Operations in Eastern, Southern Afghanistan
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan  2010-06-CA-007  For Immediate Release
 A separate Afghan-international security force engaged insurgents and found weapons and IEDs in a multi-day clearing operation that ended this morning in Zharay district, Kandahar Province.   The two-day operation was designed to disrupt and deny a known safe haven area for the Taliban.   Based on intelligence information that confirmed militant activity, a large combined force searched for insurgents and their weapons in several compounds, buildings and open fields in an area south of the village of Khan Mohammad Khan.   The combined force was engaged and returned fire, killing several suspected insurgents, and a number of suspected insurgents were detained for further questioning.