{
  "name": "Several militants killed in Kandahar",
  "eventrefnumber": "2009-12-CA-060",
  "text": "Dec. 6: Operations Conducted in Laghman, Kandahar and Ghanzi Provinces; ISAF Casualty

NEWS RELEASE
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan

2009-12-CA-060
For Immediate Release

In a separate operation late yesterday, an Afghan-international
security force detained a group of militants while searching for a
senior Taliban commander in northern Kandahar province. The commander is
responsible for several attacks and distributing weapons and IED
materials to other militant forces in the area.\n
Several militants were killed when they attacked the joint force
while searching a compound near the village of Shotor Gardan in the
Khakriz district where the commander was believed to be located.\n
No civilians were harmed during any of these operations.",
  "StartDate": "2009-12-05",
  "eventtype": "captureandkill",
  "province": "Kandahar",
  "citydistrict": "Khakrez",
  "village": "Shotor Gardan",
  "targetgroup": "Taliban",
  "commander": "",
  "position": "senior Taliban commander",
  "minkilled": "3",
  "mincaptured": "3",
  "capturedcharacterisation": "a group",
  "killedcharacterisation": "several",
  "killq": "true",
  "captureq": "true",
  "killcaptureraid": "true",
  "airstrike": "false",
  "noshotsfired": "false",
  "dataprocessed": "true",
  "flagged": "false",
  "glossarymeta": "false",
  "minleaderskilled": "0",
  "minfacilitatorskilled": "0",
  "minleaderscaptured": "0",
  "minfacilitatorscaptured": "0","leaderq":"false"}