Forces Target Taliban Explosive-device Facility with Precision Air Strike
Forces Target Taliban Explosive-device Facility with Precision Air Strike
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-12-S-302 For Immediate Release Download PDF    KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 27, 2010) — Coalition forces conducted a precision air strike in Ghazni province yesterday targeting a suspected Taliban house-borne improvised explosive device facility.   Intelligence sources indicated that a compound frequented by a Taliban leader responsible for attacks on Afghan National Security Forces in the Gelan district was likely being used as a house-borne IED facility in order to kill Afghan National Security and coalition force personnel. Recent reporting indicates his group was also making two suicide vehicle-borne IEDs to be used against coalition forces operating in the province.   After careful planning to protect any civilians and property in the area, coalition forces conducted a precision air strike on the compound.