Several militants killed in Kandahar
Dec. 6: Operations Conducted in Laghman, Kandahar and Ghanzi Provinces; ISAF Casualty  NEWS RELEASE ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan  2009-12-CA-060 For Immediate Release  In a separate operation late yesterday, an Afghan-international security force detained a group of militants while searching for a senior Taliban commander in northern Kandahar province. The commander is responsible for several attacks and distributing weapons and IED materials to other militant forces in the area.
 Several militants were killed when they attacked the joint force while searching a compound near the village of Shotor Gardan in the Khakriz district where the commander was believed to be located.
 No civilians were harmed during any of these operations.