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text: 2011-10-S-034
  ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
  For Immediate Release
  
   
   
  KABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 17, 2011)
  A combined Afghan and coalition security force killed a Taliban leader and his associate with a precision air strike in Tarnek wa Jaldak district, Zabul province, yesterday. The target of the operation led numerous insurgent fighters and was responsible for roadside bomb and ambush attacks against Afghan forces in the Zabul province.