ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update June 16, 2011
ISAF Joint Command- Afghanistan
2011-06-S-052 
For Immediate Release 

KABUL, Afghanistan (June 16, 2011) – A combined Afghan and coalition force patrol targeted a mid-level insurgent leader during an operation in Daychopan district, Zabul province, yesterday. 

The patrol was attacked with heavy machine gun fire by a group of insurgents firing from an elevated firing position. Several insurgents were killed when an ISAF air weapons team and close air support assets returned fire on the insurgent firing position, killing the attackers. 

Several men were detained during the operation and taken by Afghan authorities for processing and further questioning.