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6 NATO Soldiers, 11 Afghani Soldiers, 20 Afghani Civilians Killed in War Attacks

June 4, 2010


News reports from NATO:

Afghan-ISAF Operations in Eastern, Western Afghanistan

6/3/10 | ISAF Public Affairs Office

ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan

2010-06-CA-109

KABUL, Afghanistan (June 4, 2010) –

A Taliban sub-commander and a suspected (resistance fighter, NATO statements refer to as insurgent) were captured by an Afghan-international security force in Logar Province last night.

The combined force captured the sub-commander, responsible for IED and small- arms attacks against coalition forces, while searching a compound in the village of Muchkeyl, Kharwar district, after intelligence information confirmed insurgent activity. When confronted, the Taliban commander, who has ties to the Haqqani network, immediately surrendered and identified himself as the targeted insurgent.

A separate Afghan-international security force detained several individuals suspected of insurgent activity in Ghazni Province last night.

The combined force detained the (resistance fighter) while searching a compound in the village of Bar Nowruzk, Qarah Bagh district, after intelligence information confirmed insurgent activity.

No shots were fired and no one was harmed during the above operations.

A coalition helicopter killed multiple (Taliban resistance fighters) as they were moving to a fighting position in Farah Province yesterday.

Aircraft were directed to a cave complex in a rural area of Gulistan district, after intelligence information verified insurgent activity. After observing widely separated groups of armed men moving to prepared fighting positions away from the caves, aircraft engaged a group, killing the insurgents.

A ground search force found two automatic rifles, ammunition and a grenade.
 

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News reports from the pro-Taliban website, alemarah:

US forces martyr 20 non-combatant civilians in Helmand

Friday, 04 June 2010 19:38 Qari Yousuf Ahmadi

HELMAND, June 04 -

About 20 Innocent civilians were martyred and several more wounded yesterday (June 03) as the US force bombed the civilian houses after they suffered heavy damages and deadly losses at the hands of Mujahideen and their planted landmine blasts in Nowzad district of Helmand province.

Five soldiers of stooge regime killed in Kabul

Friday, 04 June 2010 19:37 Zabihullah Mujahid

KABUL, June 04 -

About five puppet soldiers of stooge regime got killed yesterday night(June 03) as their ranger vehicle was hit by Mujahideen RPGs in Musahi district of Kabul.

Zabul blast kills six NATO invaders

Friday, 04 June 2010 19:34 Qari Yousuf Ahmadi

ZABUL, June, 04 -

At least 6 NATO soldiers were killed Friday morning (June 04) as their tank got hit by roadside bomb in the city of Kalat, the capital of Zabul.

Mujahideen capture two police posts in Zabul

Friday, 04 June 2010 19:33 Qari Yousuf Ahmadi

ZABUL, June, 04 -

At least 6 soldiers of puppet ANA were killed and two their post were overrun in an attack that followed a 2-hour long fighting, in which Mujahideen seized the abandoned arms and ammo.

vehicle of so-called ANA blown up in Zabul

Friday, 04 June 2010 19:33 Qari Yousuf Ahmadi

 ZABUL, June 04 -

Friday, 6:am local time, a blast in Zabul's Sweri district  hit and eliminated one of the military vehicles of stooge army, killing all the soldiers traveling in the it.

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