Taliban Leader Targeted in Air Strike
Taliban Leader Targeted in Air Strike
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-12-S-012 For Immediate Release Download PDF   KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 1) –International Security Assistance Forces targeted a Taliban leader during an air strike in Sangīn district, Helmand province, today.   The targeted Taliban leader is a known improvised explosive device cell leader who plans, coordinates and executes IED attacks in the Nād ‘Alī area. He is also alleged to routinely conduct intimidation activities to control local citizens. This includes the murder of a local tribal elder, demands for payments from local citizens, and threatening those who work for and support the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and ISAF.  Multiple intelligence sources and tips from local citizens led ISAF to the location of the targeted Taliban leader. ISAF tracked the targeted leader who was traveling on a motorcycle with an associate for several hours, as he moved from one location to another conducting what appeared to be insurgent activities. As the Taliban leader entered a remote area, ISAF conducted the air strike.  The two insurgents were killed in the air strike.  Initial reports indicate no civilians were injured in the attack.

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UPDATE: Targeted Taliban Leader Confirmed in Air Strike
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-12-S-050
For Immediate Release Download PDF

KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 4, 2010) – The International Security Assistance Force confirmed a Taliban leader was killed during an air strike in Sangin district, Helmand province, Dec. 1.
 The targeted Taliban leader, Juma Gul, was a known improvised explosive device cell leader who planned, coordinated and executed IED attacks in the Nad ‘Ali area. He also routinely conducted intimidation activities to control local citizens, to include the murder of a local tribal elder, demands for payments from local citizens and threatening those who work for and support the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and ISAF.
Multiple intelligence sources and tips from local citizens led ISAF to the location of the targeted Taliban leader. ISAF tracked the targeted leader who was traveling on a motorcycle with an associate for several hours, as he moved from one location to another, conducting what appeared to be insurgent activities. As the Taliban leader rode into a remote area, ISAF conducted the air strike.
Gul and his associate were killed in the air strike.
Initial reports indicate no civilians were injured in the attack.
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This is an update to IJC News Release 2010-12-S-012