Afghanistan: Eight IED’s Located in School Courtyard Seized

Kabul, Afghanistan (May 17) – ISAF forces located eight IEDs in a Kuhak schoolyard in Kandahar Province on Tuesday.

The devices were located during a security sweep in the Arghandab district and destroyed. Also located in the schoolyard were 125 pounds of homemade explosives, and two anti-personnel mines. The United Nations notes that a vast majority of the casualties in Afghanistan are the result of insurgent activities. There was no known motive for the placement of these devices within the schoolyard.

In other action around Afghanistan, several militants were killed and several captured as an Afghan-International combined security force was searching for a Taliban leader. The forces entered a compound in Baghlan-e Jedid district following intelligence information indicating insurgent activity. The insurgents were called upon to surrender but, in turn opened fire on the forces. Of the wounded, one woman that engaged the security forces with an automatic rifle was shot and evacuated to a nearby hospital along with the other wounded suspects.

Several additional suspected insurgent were captured in Kandahar last evening during a search of a compound west of Seyyedan. No civilian casualties were reported in either incident.

In two separate incidents in Helmand Province, Afghan National Security Forces along with ISAF forces conducted early morning operations on two compounds identified as possible location of senior insurgent leaders.

During both operations, Afghan Special Police conducted callouts instructing members to leave the compound peacefully. Multiple men, women, and children exited the compounds and moved to safe locations. The operations resulted in the capture of several insurgents, and seizure of a small consignment of narcotics and an assault rifle.

In other news, the Regional Command-West is continuing to provide relief to flood victims in Ghor Province in western Afghanistan. The Lithuanian Provincial Reconstruction Team of Chaghcharan donated four tons of food, blankets, and clothing for both children and adults to be distributed to the most affected communities.

The civil-military cooperation team will be delivering 200 blankets, two tons of food supplies, 15 tents, and 10 boxes of clothing today. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported 592 homes were destroyed, 1,728 damaged, and seeded irrigated lands were extensively damaged in the province.

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