{
  "name": "5",
  "eventrefnumber": "2012-10-S-014",
  "text": "2012-10-S-014\nFor Immediate Release\n\n     \n           \n\nKABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 13)\nAfghan and coalition forces today confirmed the death of Taliban leader Sher Ali in a security operation conducted Tuesday in Kandahar province. Ali, also known as Haji Ustad, exercised command and control in an area of Kandahar province. In the days leading to the operation, Ali was believed to be gathering and delivering explosives for an attack against Afghan and coalition forces.",
  "StartDate": "2012-10-09",
  "eventtype": "insurgentskilled",
  "province": "Kandahar",
  "citydistrict": "",
  "village": "",
  "targetgroup": "Taliban",
  "commander": "",
  "position": "leader",
  "minkilled": "1",
  "mincaptured": "0",
  "capturedcharacterisation": "",
  "killedcharacterisation": "1",
  "killq": "true",
  "captureq": "false",
  "killcaptureraid": "false",
  "airstrike": "false",
  "noshotsfired": "false",
  "dataprocessed": "true",
  "flagged": "false",
  "glossarymeta": "false",
  "minleaderskilled": "1",
  "minfacilitatorskilled": "0",
  "minleaderscaptured": "0",
  "minfacilitatorscaptured": "0","leaderq":"true"}