Taliban district chief captured in firefight
International and Afghan security forces wounded and captured a Taliban district chief and killed a "large number" of insurgents in a four-hour firefight, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said in a statement Thursday.
The battle took place in a compound outside a village in the Baghran district of Afghanistan's Helmand province after insurgents opened fire on security forces with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns, ISAF said.
No security force members or civilians were killed or wounded in the fighting, but a "large number of insurgents" died, ISAF said, without providing specific numbers.
"Dozens of automatic weapons, RPG launchers and rounds, a machine gun, grenades, and ammunition were discovered along with 20 pounds of wet opium" after the fighting, the statement said.
"This joint force operation dealt another significant blow to the Taliban network," said Col. William Maxwell, ISAF Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director. "These joint efforts are key to further establishing peace in the region."
NATO-led forces have been waging an offensive against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.
Dubbed Operation Moshtarak, the offensive was launched in February by an international coalition of 15,000 troops including Afghans, Americans, Britons, Canadians, Danes and Estonians.
The Taliban had set up a shadow government in Helmand province's Marjah region, long a bastion of pro-Taliban sentiment.
It is a key area in Afghanistan's heroin trade and full of the opium used to fund the insurgency.
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terrorists who drove trucks into buildings here have been killed by our army. who is this Idiot talking about saving Taliban who went in planes to destroy WTC and also hurt their own Afghan civilians? Are you a living human being or a dead Ghost who just type here to support Taliban .?
another taliban leader taken down along with his insurgents, its great news but the people joining the taliban need to know the true evils they practice, hatred and murder, thats not what allah was truly about. if only we can convince the people not to support the taliban and al quaedas veiws
Quite right,mike,otherwise how are we to achieve our most glorious victory over there?
Gary,Lorri,since I never learned any Latin,I'll simply say,Siempre Fidel!
Ernie. Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
If we keep this up they won't have anyone smart enough to be their leader!!!
Semper Fi!
Sounds exactly like Vietnam, Go figure, win the hearts and minds, deep inside a Afganie is an american waiting to come out, yet they kill us when we turn our backs . Get our people out of there. This is our taxpayer money being wasted over there. Bring our troops home.
Very well put,fubarafg!
The way we are trying to get out is a better way than just leaving!!!
It it wasn't for us to be in Vietnam!!! The Communist would be there today!!!
We already tried that with Vietnam!!! If didn't work there... Hopefully training them to take care of themselves will do it!!!
Bubba: The only thing that would have been worse would have been if McCain and Sara Palin would have won instead of Obama!!! The Republicans really can pick winners...
our military is now on the biggest offensive since the war began. The bad guys can hide in caves like little children is but this time we are coming for you. We will find you and we will kill you.Please do not run because if you do it will take us a few more hours to find you and kill you.It is the American soldier who has now fear. We are the Brave ones not the taliban. rember why we are here. The folks that killed 3000 americans trained in this country and we came here to kill them and help the people to stand on their own. I hope we kill them all! Thanks to all the brave and highly motivated soldiers.I honor each and evry one of you. Stay SAFE!!
way to go! agree with you 100 friggin percent on our ops in afghanistan!
so, apparently US service members have a choice in whether or not we go to a war zone. that's news to me. I signed the contract to defend all of my rights and freedoms that this wonderous country has afforded me. Pardon me for being a patriot? Oh, and if anyone takes a shot at me, your frigin right i'm gonna shoot back. We came in with hopes of a greater future for Afghanistan. One without opium farms, murder, intimidation, torture, honor killings (also murder), extortion, power mongering through arms, warlords, militias, and basically every other awful inhumane policy upheld by the Taliban.
lol, yeah. In Iraq I just said I wanted to go to Jamaica and they put me on a jet plane headed that way. We also voted on deploying the second time.
That is the same hope we have for Mexico... But we don't have troops there!!! Hopefully Obama will be doing the right thing and we will get our troops out of both Places...
Did I mention that I drink vodka instead of tea but I'm still a war mongering,ignorant,hateful Tea Partier and we're going to take this country by storm in this fall's elections bigtime!!!We're on the Move!!!
And that's what scares me to no end.The very thought of MIC(the military industrial complex) taking over this country through their foot soldiers(the Tea Partiers) by having their right-wing candidates win big time in this fall's elections is quite terrifying indeed.But then again,President Obama did do a terrible job as President by giving the right-wing thugs everything they wanted and then some!
Not if the People of this Country has anything to say about it!!!
Suggesting a cup of "Man tea ' to anyone in Britain or anywhere else would get you a smack in the mouth don't try it.
What a 'suck up'
This blog is getting pretty stupid. Some of you are using several names. Just like real idiots
You are right, i know for sure that you and Daniel-2 Tony Posy and BUBBA–ALABAMA STYLE!!! are and you are one and the same person and should be ashamed of yourselves.
No Shrek,not me.I'm too smart to play this stupid game like these right-wing creeps do.Are you sure they're not C.I.A.agents who are doing this?????
Good point Jery
Do me the good grace to reply to me with my full name, not with a lazy short cut Anabel.
Excuse my ignorance but predators kill the predated die that is a proven fact is it not?
Rock the cazbar.
Well said Yoda.
BUBBA–ALABAMA STYLE!!! & Daniel-2. I think you are stinking right-ring war mongering creeps you should be ashamed of your selves.
Jerry,I couldn't agree with you more.These guys are true sickos and that is all there is to it!!!!!!!!!
They don't call you Funny boy for nothing,right?
I don't think the Taliban and Al Qaida is interested in sitting down and "talking truth." They are too busy planting bombs, intimidating locals, using human shields, and torturing/killing 7 year old "spies."
You forgot that they are also cutting noses of beautiful young women.
i was there last night they shot at us first and we didnt kill your precious civilians
I was there last night too. Actually had our guys render aid to the wounded who were shooting at us 5 minutes earlier! But yeah, you hippies and pacifists really know what is going on there huh?
Yaba daba doo!!!!!!!
I notice onesmallvoice hasn't used the words 'Right wing' like Former Marine said. Is that because nobody has mentioned Predator Drones yet?
Oooops...
But they will,Funny boy.Just give it some time.
Watch out Taliban: We are going to keep getting your Leaders until we have PEACE there... Bin Laden it is only a matter of time before we get you!!!
How does one go about "getting" a man who is most probably dead already?
That's a very good question.
Why do you keep talking to yourself? isn't 1 name enough onesmallbubba?
With a Predator drone of course...
Because he's not dead, because you can tell there is still organization in al qeada, and he's still in a videos, he fights like a coward, and attacks like a coward, and brainwashes men under him to do his fighting while he leaves them there to die to save his ass, he's running for one reason, he fears his life, because we are truely the best military in the world, cant wait to join the Army.