name: 5
text: 2012-05-S-055
  
  For Immediate Release
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (May 30)
  In Sabari district, Khost province, an Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation to capture a Haqqani facilitator today. The facilitator supplies weapons, ammunition, rockets and explosives to insurgents for attacks against Afghan and coalition troops throughout the district. As the security force approached the leader s suspected location, several armed insurgents attempted to maneuver toward the Afghan and coalition troops. After ensuring no civilians were in the area, the security force called for a precision airstrike to engage the enemy fighters. As a result, several insurgents were killed and a follow-on assessment determined that no civilians were harmed and no civilian property was damaged.
  During a subsequent search of the area, the security force recovered AK-47 rifles, several magazines and multiple grenades. The security force detained numerous additional insurgents, and seized multiple mortar rounds and a rocket-propelled grenade booster as a result of this operation.