BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – An armed insurgent was killed and two suspected insurgents were detained March 2 during a joint Afghan National Security and Coalition force’s operation degrading Taliban foreign-fighter facilitation and improvised explosive device networks in Zabul Province.
The joint force conducted a search of compounds in the Jeldak District targeting a Taliban sub-commander responsible for facilitating suicide IEDs and foreign-fighter networks.
The targeted individual was also associated with the unlawful detention and murder of a number of civilians as well as extorting money, food and shelter from a neighboring district village.
An armed insurgent, who fired on the joint force, was killed when ANSF and Coalition forces defended themselves.
Coalition forces found and detained two individuals with suspected links to Taliban networks when they continued their search. The detainees will be questioned on their involvement in facilitation operations as well as other extremist activities.
“ANSF and Coalition forces efforts are degrading insurgent IED operations,” said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Coalition forces spokesman.