2011-11-S-028

ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan

For Immediate Release

KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 17, 2011)
A combined Afghan and coalition security force detained multiple insurgents and confiscated an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Marjah district, Helmand province, yesterday. The incident began when the insurgents engaged the combined force with small arms fire and then fled the area for a nearby compound. The combined force followed the attackers and detained them.  While searching the area, the force also discovered an IED which was confiscated and will be destroyed.