NATO troops kills 10 Taliban insurgents in northwest Afghanistan

NATO troops kills 10 Taliban insurgents in northwest Afghanistan

2011-04-13 15:55:59 GMT+7 (ICT)

KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- Afghan and coalition forces have killed more than 10 Taliban insurgents during a two-day operation in northwest Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Wednesday.

ISAF said the operation, which began on Monday and ended on Tuesday, was aimed to clear a suspected Taliban safe haven in Tez Nawa village of Ghormach district, located in Faryab province. It said the safe haven is associated with improvised explosive device (IED) activity and is a cache location.

During the operation in the area, coalition forces killed more than 10 Taliban insurgents and detained 'numerous' others, ISAF said. "This area has historically been associated with the senior Taliban leader and Head of the Taliban Shura council for Ghormach," it added.

The alliance said multiple weapons were discovered and destroyed during the operation to include AK-47s, chest racks, rocket-propelled grenade boosters with warheads, RPG launchers, a machine gun, and an IED.

"Over the course of the two-day operation, security forces cleared multiple objectives and were engaged by armed insurgents on multiple occasions," ISAF said in an operational update. "While preparing to leave, security forces were engaged by additional armed insurgents, resulting in one insurgent killed. The two-day operation concluded with more than 10 insurgents killed and numerous suspected insurgents detained."

ISAF said there were no reports to indicate civilian casualties.

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