name: Coalition Forces Conduct Precision Strike Against Taliban Insurgents
text: Coalition Forces Conduct Precision Strike Against Taliban Insurgents
   ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-08-CA-092  For Immediate Release Download PDF
  
   KABUL, Afghanistan (August 9) - Coalition forces conducted a precision air strike in Kandahar Sunday targeting a Taliban facilitator, who equipped Taliban fighters for improvised explosive devices and complex attacks against Afghan civilians, and Afghan as well as coalition forces in Kandahar City.  After verifying insurgent activity and careful planning to avoid civilian casualties and to mitigate collateral damage, coalition forces called in the precision air strike on a remote area outside Kandahar City. Initial reports indicate several insurgents were killed in the strike.  "This facilitator planned, coordinated and executed IED attacks in and around Kandahar City," said U.S. Army Col. Rafael Torres, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director. "We will continue to pursue these criminals and their associates."