name: UPDATE: Coalition Forces Kill Senior Leader with Precision Air Strike
text: UPDATE: Coalition Forces Kill Senior Leader with Precision Air Strike
  ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-11-S-318 For Immediate Release Download PDF KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 25, 2010)   The International Security Assistance Force confirmed a Haqqani Network senior leader who coordinates and conducts attacks using rockets, mortars, recoilless rifles and machine guns was killed in a coalition precision air strike Nov 2. Wahidullah, a security force Top 25 target, was also responsible for a recent house-borne improvised explosive device ambush targeting Afghan and coalition forces in Sabari district. Based on intelligence sources, coalition forces tracked the leader to a remote area in Sabari district. After verifying insurgent activity and careful planning to avoid civilian causalities, coalition forces conducted a precision air strike, killing Wahidullah. Afghan and coalition forces conducted a follow-on ground assessment, where they discovered multiple automatic weapons and a pistol at the scene. The security force detained one additional insurgent for further questioning. The Afghan and coalition force s deliberate campaign to disrupt Haqqani operations in Khost province has resulted in 19 Haqqani senior leaders being captured or killed during operations in the province this month.
  
  [n.b. it says 22 in a second PR]