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text: 2012-09-S-006
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 4, 2012)
  Afghan and coalition forces today confirmed the death of Haqqani leader Shabeer following a precision airstrike in Pul-e 'Alam district, Logar province, Sunday. Shabeer was believed to have been coordinating ahigh-profile attack using vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices and had spent the days prior to his death acquiring explosives, weapons and insurgents for the planned attack. A post-strike assessment determined no civilian property was damaged and no civilians were harmed.