Posted on 08/27/2006 11:30:24 AM PDT by SandRat
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2006 – Coalition soldiers killed a known Taliban commander and 15 other militants in Afghanistan Aug. 25, Combined Forces Command Afghanistan officials said in a news release.
Coalition forces engaged Taliban leaders with joint in the central Khod Valley of Uruzgan province, officials said.
The Taliban commander and his associates were involved in attacks against the Afghan people, as well as Afghan, International Security Assistance Force and coalition forces, officials said.
Coalition forces used deliberate measures to limit the chances of property damage. No damage was reported to a mosque adjacent to the militant’s safe house after a precision coalition air strike, officials said.
No civilians were injured during the operation.
“Coalition forces are actively and aggressively extending the security and the reach of the Afghan government,” Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick, Combined Joint Task Force 76 spokesperson, said. “Through tireless efforts, we continue to pursue terrorists and their leaders in making Afghanistan safer.”
(From a Combined Forces Command Afghanistan news release.)
UH-OH,.....the left's not gonna like this.
I think it's wonderful that we have the technology, skill, and humanity to be able to do precision strikes, but part of me just wants to blow them all to h*ll. Sorry about that. And I went to church this morning! Shame on me.
"Coalition forces used deliberate measures to limit the chances of property damage. No damage was reported to a mosque adjacent to the militant’s safe house after a precision coalition air strike, officials said.
No civilians were injured during the operation. "
Now THAT'S how a western army fights. Unlike the terrorists, we don't hide behind women and children to launch our strikes. No innocent casualties or even property damage. Just wow.
Proud to be an American because of soldiers like these. Way to go!
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...
Yes!!! Way to go Troops!!!!!! USA !!!!!!!
"Unlike the terrorists, we don't hide behind women and children to launch our strikes"
Unlike the terrorists, we don't deliberately target the women & children.
Any bets if they had blown up the Mosque they wouldn't have gotten another 20 or so. They fight and store weapons in Mosques all the time.
Taliban commander, 15 others die in Afghan coalition airstrike
The Associated Press
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 08.27.2006
KABUL, Afghanistan — A coalition airstrike in southern Afghanistan killed a Taliban commander and 15 other militants, the U.S. military said Saturday. A top American general, meanwhile, said insurgents are still using neighboring Pakistan as a base for infiltration. Two French soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in the volatile east on Friday, while at least 13 other insurgents were killed in clashes with police and NATO in the south, the U.S. military said.
On Saturday, Canadian troops in the south mistakenly killed a policeman and wounded six other people, including two civilians, according to NATO.
Afghanistan is experiencing its worst bout of violence since the late-2001 ouster of the Taliban regime for welcoming al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
More than 1,600 people, mostly militants, have died in the past four months, according to an Associated Press tally of violent incidents reported by U.S., NATO and Afghan officials.
Gen. John Abizaid, commander of the U.S. Central Command, said militants are using Pakistan as a base from which to infiltrate into Afghanistan, but he said the Pakistani government is not conspiring with them.
"I think that Pakistan has done an awful lot in going after al-Qaida and it's important that they don't let the Taliban groups be organized on the Pakistani side of the border," he told reporters in Bagram, where the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan is located.
Abizaid said he "absolutely" does not believe accusations of collusion between Pakistan's government and the resurgent Taliban rebels or other extremists.
"You do not order your soldiers in the field against an enemy in order to play some sort of a game with neighboring countries," he said.
Afghanistan repeatedly has criticized Pakistan for not doing enough to prevent Taliban militants and other rebels from crossing the poorly marked border. Pakistan, a former Taliban supporter but now a U.S. ally in its war on terrorism, says it does all it can to tackle insurgents and has deployed 80,000 troops along the frontier.
An airstrike by coalition forces killed a local Taliban commander and 15 other militants in the central Khod Valley of the Uruzgan province on Friday, the U.S. military said without identifying the leader. The strike brought rebel casualties to 29 over 24 hours.
That operation came the same day that a roadside bomb and a gunfight in the eastern Laghman province left two French soldiers dead and two others wounded, the U.S. military said in an earlier statement. In southern Helmand province, NATO-led forces used artillery against an insurgent convoy Friday, killing seven militants, an alliance spokes-man said.
The convoy was spotted by British troops in the Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province who then ordered the airstrike, said Maj. Luke Knittig, a spokesman for the NATO-led force.
The insurgents were traveling in 12 vehicles before they were hit, he said. Three vehicles got away while eight were destroyed or disabled.
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