SAF Joint Command- Afghanistan
2011-07-S-018

For Immediate Release


KABUL, Afghanistan (July 7, 2011) – A combined Afghan-led security force killed two insurgents, detained several suspected insurgents and destroyed a large weapons cache in Sayyidabad district, Wardak province, yesterday.

The first insurgent was killed when he threatened the security force with an AK-47 rifle. The second insurgent was found with the weapons cache and killed when he threatened the security force.

The target of the operation was a Taliban leader who is responsible for attacks against Afghan and coalition forces, and manufacture of roadside bombs in the district.

The cache consisted of several pounds of ammonium nitrate, 80 pounds (36 kilograms) of homemade explosive materials, more than 50 mortar rounds and over a dozen rocket-propelled grenades.