Several killed in Kandahar and one detained
ISAF Joint Command- Afghanistan
2011-06-S-101
For Immediate Release                      

KABUL, Afghanistan (June 29, 2011) – A combined Afghan and coalition patrol conducted an operation to disrupt insurgent facilitation routes in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province, June 27.  

Several insurgents were killed during the operation and one insurgent was wounded when he attempted to engage the patrol with small arms fire and a machine gun. The injured insurgent was treated at the scene by coalition medics before being taken to a medical facility for further treatment. 

The patrol confiscated a light machine gun and 400 7.62 mm rounds during the operation.