Koshtowz, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province: Tired of being
threatened and controlled by the Taliban, local villagers and farmers
banded together and drove a Taliban Cell from their midst. The Taliban
tactics of emplacing IEDs that threaten the innocent, sending suicide
bombers into crowded markets, attacking construction crews building
roads and other projects, burning schools and threatening parents who
send their children to school have pushed villagers in Nuristan
province to their limits. A Coalition Observation Post observed small
arms fire from the village of Koshtow, when Coalition Forces arrived to
investigate the Taliban were gone. One villager was wounded in the
exchange, Coalition Forces transported him via helicopter to a
Coalition Hospital. The young man had a broken arm and will return home
today.
Coalition forces target road side bombers in ZabulFriday, 02 January 2009
Release Number 20090101-01
January 1, 2009
KABUL, Afghanistan – Coalition forces killed eight armed Taliban militants and detained one suspected militant during... + Full Story
Afghan forces stop attack on Coalition airfieldFriday, 02 January 2009
Release Number 20083112-03
December 31, 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan Security Guards (ASG) thwarted a daytime insurgent attack on Shindand airfield, Dec 29.... + Full Story
Coalition forces target terrorist network in KabulFriday, 02 January 2009
Release Number 20083112-01
December 31, 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan – Coalition forces killed eleven armed militants during an operation to disrupt the Hizb-e-Islami... + Full Story
New bridge opens in Uruzgon ProvinceFriday, 02 January 2009
Release Number 20083012-05
December 30, 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan dignitaries and Gen. David McKiernan, Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan participated in... + Full Story
