2012-07-S-053
For Immediate Release
 
 
KABUL, Afghanistan (July 28, 2012)
Today in Jani Khel district, Paktiya province, an Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in search of a Haqqani leader. During the operation, the security force engaged a group of heavily armed insurgents with a precision airstrike.  After the strike, the security force conducted a follow-on assessment and confirmed the strike had killed several insurgents.  The assessment also confirmed the strike had not injured any civilians or damaged any civilian property.

2012-07-S-058 
KABUL, Afghanistan (July 31, 2012) — Afghan and coalition officials confirmed today that one of the insurgents killed during an operation in Jani Khel district, Paktiya province, Saturday, was the Haqqani leader Abdullah.
Abdullah, also known as Tufan, was directly involved in the planning and execution of the June 20 suicide attack in the Khost capital that killed more than a dozen Afghan civilians.