Insurgents Captured, Killed in Kabul, Kandahar and Zabul Provinces
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-07-CA-110  For Immediate Release

 A separate Afghan-international security force killed several insurgents and detained a suspected insurgent while pursuing a Taliban weapons' facilitator in Kandahar province last night. The facilitator also assists with the movement of foreign fighters into the area and coordinates assassinations within Kandahar. As the security force approached a compound northeast of Makuan in Zharay district they were immediately engaged by a number of armed insurgents. The security force returned fire, killing several of the insurgents. After the initial engagement, the security force discovered an IED on a foot path leading to the targeted compound and subsequently identified multiple IEDs rigged throughout the buildings in the compound. As the force continued their search they found a home-made explosives factory and a complex bunker system containing rocket propelled grenades emptied of their explosives. Women and children were protected by the combined security force.