Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Action | 5 Militants Killed, Weapons Caches Seized

Kabul, Afghanistan (Apr 23) – Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a firefight in Qal’eh ye Seyyedan, last night as combined forces moved in on an insurgent compound.

A joint security force was moving in on the compound when militants open fire with heavy machine-guns from several positions. The security force returned fire and moved into the heavily fortified compound performing a building to building search. During the firefight, five insurgents were killed along with a Taliban suicide commander as a search of the compound resulted in the seizure of IED materials, armor piercing rounds, automatic rifles, and blasting caps.

The two U.S. Service members died of their wounds suffered during the firefight.

In other operations around Afghanistan, One militant was killed and another captured outside of Ghanzi. The security operation was in pursuit of a Taliban facilitator, as the security force approached their location several suspects fled while one approached the force in a hostile manner and was killed.

In Khost, a search of a compound in Peshay Kala, resulted in the capture of a Haqqani suspect along with the capture of a large cache of materials used to produce IED’s. Another militant was killed in Kunduz last evening as he fled forces, turned and opened fire. Security forces returning fire killed the suspect.

Large arms caches were also seized in Nangarhar, Reg-e Khan, Garm Ser, and Chorak districts of both Helmand and Uruzgan Provinces.

No civilian casualties were reported in any of the incidents.

Posted by rgrone on April 23, 2010. Filed under International News,NATO ISAF,terrorism,WorldNewsVine. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.