name: 3
text: 2012-08-S-007
  For Immediate Release
   
   
  KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 2, 2012)
  In Jani Khel district, Paktiya province, an Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation to find a group of armed insurgents, today. During the operation, the security force engaged a large group of heavily armed insurgents with a precision airstrike.  After the strike, the Afghan and coalition force conducted a follow-on assessment and confirmed several insurgents had been killed. They also confirmed the strike had not injured any civilians or damaged any civilian property.