name: Two insurgents killed in Balkh
text: ISAF Joint Command- Afghanistan
  2011-07-S-048
  For Immediate Release 
  
  During a security operation in Chahar Bolak district, Balkh province, an Afghan-led security force killed two insurgents, including a Taliban leader, yesterday. The leader was responsible for several roadside bomb and small arms attacks against Afghan forces in the area. He also facilitated roadside bomb attacks in the Chimtal and Chahar Bolak districts. 
  
  The leader and another suspected insurgent were killed after they fired weapons at the security force. After the engagement, the security force confiscated several grenades, AK-47 rifles, roadside bomb components and chest racks. 
  
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