Several Detained and killed in Helmand
Afghan, Coalition Forces Conduct Operations Across Southern Afghanistan
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan  
On Friday afternoon an ANSF and ISAF combined force stopped a suspect vehicle in Nawah-ye Barakzai district, Helmand province. Several occupants of the vehicle posed an immediate threat to ANSF and ISAF troops and were engaged. A second vehicle associated with the first and containing three males, was subsequently stopped. The occupants, suspected to be members of a narcotics and lethal aid smuggling network, were taken into custody by Afghan authorities.