TALIBAN SENIOR LEADER TARGETED IN ASSAULT
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Several Taliban fighters were killed during an assault by Afghan National Army and Coalition forces early Monday morning near the town of Gershk in the Nahr Surkh District of Helmand Province.
A group of Taliban fighters initiated hostilities by firing a rocket propelled grenade at Afghan and Coalition forces. Forces then engaged and killed the Taliban fighters; a battle damage assessment had not yet determined the exact number of terrorists killed.
I wonder if they got anybody significant.
The assault was conducted based on substantial information provided about a Taliban senior leader operating in the neighboring province of Kandahar. The targeted individual has ties to Mullah Mohammad Osmani and Mullah Mohammad Omar.
During the assault, an Afghan National Army vehicle overturned in a ravine. One ANA soldier received a non-life threatening injury and was taken to a Coalition hospital for further treatment, and the vehicle was destroyed on site. There were no reported casualties to Afghan or Coalition forces during this operation.
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