name: Several militants killed in Zabul
text: Dec. 27: Operational Update
  NEWS RELEASE ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2009-12-CA-083 For Immediate Release KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 27) - An Afghan-international security force killed several militants, including a Taliban commander responsible for IED attacks, during an operation in Zabul this morning. The joint security force went to a mountainous rural area in the Jeldak district after intelligence sources confirmed militant activity. When the security force called for the militants to surrender, the force came under hostile fire. The joint force returned fire, killing several militants, including the Taliban commander, and wounding a couple of others. The security team found machine guns, rocket-propelled-grenades and a significant amount of IED components among the militants.