name: Several insurgents killed in Helmand
text: ISAF Joint Command Operational Update
  ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-12-S-187 2080, 2097, 2101, 2082, 2152, 2227 For Immediate Release Download PDF  KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 16)   Three Afghan children were seriously injured by insurgents during an attack against an International Security Assistance Force base in eastern Afghanistan.  Also, Afghan National Security and ISAF forces discovered weapon and improvised explosive device component caches as well as killed several insurgents in the east and south today.
   In Sangin district, Helmand province, an Afghan Army and ISAF patrol was engaged with small arms fire by insurgents. Coalition forces returned fire and called for artillery and air support. After gaining positive identification, coalition forces conducted combined artillery and air weapons fire on the insurgent position, killing several insurgents. Ground forces went towards the insurgents  position and discovered an IED components cache.