Insurgents Killed After Attack on Afghan Police Station in Kunduz
Insurgents Killed After Attack on Afghan Police Station in Kunduz
 ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-08-CA-165  For Immediate Release Download PDF   KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 15) - A coalition force air weapons team engaged a truck in Kunduz province yesterday, killing two insurgents and wounding several others after they witnessed the insurgents attacking an Aliabad police station.   An Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan sub-commander known to conduct attacks on Afghan National Security Force checkpoints throughout the Gor Tapa area and to facilitate ammunition and mortars into the Chahar Darah district reportedly led the attack on the police station. The air weapons team tracked the insurgents from the police station and when they determined no civilians were in the area, they engaged the truck. The air weapons team assessed two insurgents killed and several others wounded in the attack. A follow-on security force detained two of the wounded insurgents at the hospital.   "We will not allow insurgents to get away with these nefarious activities," said U.S. Army Col. Rafael Torres, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director. "They are standing in the way of peace and security and Afghan and coalition forces will pursue them."   No one was killed or injured in the Aliabad police station attack.

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UPDATE Al Qaeda Leader Killed after Attack on Afghan Police Station
 ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-08-CA-179  For Immediate Release Download PDF   KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 16) - The International Security Assistance Force confirmed the death of Abu Baqir, a dual-hatted Taliban sub-commander and Al Qaeda group leader, after a coalition force air weapons team engaged his truck in Kunduz province Sunday.   He was one of two insurgents killed in the strike, which occurred after the air weapons team witnessed the insurgents attacking an Aliabad police station. The air weapons team tracked the insurgents from the police station and when they determined no civilians were in the area, they engaged the truck. The air weapons team killed two insurgents including Baqir, who was reportedly housing four potential suicide bombers for upcoming attacks on the city of Kunduz. The strike also wounded other insurgents. A follow-on security force detained two of them at the hospital.   Editor's note: This update is to IJC News Release #2010-08-CA-165