name: Taliban leader and one other killed in Logar
text: ISAF Joint Command- Afghanistan
  2011-08-S-011
  For Immediate Release
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (August 5, 2011)   A combined Afghan and coalition security force killed a Taliban leader and one suspected insurgent during a security operation in Baraki Barak district, Logar province, yesterday.
  
  Sheen Abdul Rahman was a Taliban leader who directed more than 70 fighters to conduct roadside bomb, landmine and direct attacks against Afghan and coalition security forces.
  
  The security force located Rahman at a compound in the district after receiving several reports of insurgent activity in the area.
  
  While clearing a building, the security force encountered one suspected insurgent, armed with a pistol. Assessing an immediate threat, the security force fired at the individual, killing him.
  
  Afghan members of the combined force located Rahman, where he was armed with an AK-47 and chest rack. After he presented a threat, he was engaged and killed.