Afghan AQ leader killed in Paktya along with several others
May 25:Afghan-ISAF Forces Destroy Bomb-Making Factory in Kandahar Province
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan  2010-05-CA-095  For Immediate Release

KABUL, Afghanistan (May 25) - An Afghan-international security force killed several individuals in a fierce gun battle in Paktiya Province this morning. The targeted individual killed was an Afghanistan al-Qaeda leader, while the remaining individuals were engaging the security force with automatic rifles and hand grenades.   The combined force went to a compound in a rural area of the Zormat district after intelligence information verified militant activity. As the assault force approached the compound, they came under heavy fire. While moving around the compound the force continued to receive fire by individuals barricaded inside buildings, and returned fire killing several individuals.   A number of armed individuals who ran from the compound were pursued by the force. As they were being pursued, the individuals turned and fired on the security force, which returned fire and killed the individuals.   During a search of the compound the assault force found a large weapons cache consisting of a Chinese recoilless rifle with 25 rounds of ammunition, multiple rocket propelled grenade launchers and rounds, 20 mortar rounds and multiple automatic rifles and grenades. The assault force also protected several women and children from harm.