http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/news/senior-taliban-commander-in-kandahar-killed.html
6/7/10 ISAF Public Affairs Office
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - An Afghan-international coalition force used a precision air strike to kill one of the two most senior Taliban leaders in Kandahar Province,
and several of his fighters on May 30, in Panjwa’i district.
“In Kandahar Province, efforts are underway in Zharay, Panjwa’i, and Arghandab districts to protect the people from the insurgency,”
U.S. Army Col. Wayne Shanks, ISAF Public Affairs Officer, said.
One of these operations targeted an insurgent commander, Haji Amir, in the Dand district of Kandahar Province.
Amir was the second most dangerous insurgent leader in Kandahar and had escaped from Sarposa prison in 2008.
The video shows the precision strike followed by a secondary explosion indicating more explosives were in the building.
“Haji Amir’s removal from the battlefield will seriously hamper the Taliban’s operations here, and he will not be able to hurt the Afghan people or our forces anymore,”
said Shanks.
Haji Amir was tasked with creating a series of IED obstacles in anticipation of increasing operations in the region.
Haji Amir and his fighters had been tracked for several days, and when they stopped at a small unoccupied mud hut in a farming area near the village of Zangabad, the combined force called in the air strike.
[Ils ont probablement été suivi par satellite. Certains -réservés aux militaires pouvaient lire votre journal si vous le regardiez dehors bien assis au soleil- et c'était il y 20 ans. Imaginez ce qu'il est possible de faire de nos jours. La version de Google n'est qu'une ancienne version militaire dépassée refilée au grand public. De même que le positionnement par satellite qui permet de se localiser en auto. Le tout est indispensable pour repérer quelqu'un, le suivre et l'exécuter.]
The Taliban leader operated throughout Dand, Zhari and Panjwa’i districts.He escaped from Sarposa Prison in a Taliban coordinated prison break in June, 2008.
Most recently Amir had been in Pakistan planning the Taliban’s upcoming attacks, and he returned to Afghanistan in April to lead attacks against coalition and Afghan forces, according to Shanks.
In another operation, Mullah Zergay, the top Taliban commander for the Kandahar City area, was killed by Afghan-international forces in an operation in Zharay district last week.
Zergay’s operations, particularly those using explosive devices are directly responsible for the deaths of many Afghans in Kandahar, Arghandab and Zharay districts.
He was also involved in violent intimidation, kidnappings and executions of government employees and village elders.
“Zergay's death is considered to be a major loss for the Taliban leadership in southern Afghanistan,”
Shanks said.
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VIDEO:
SENIOR TALIBAN COMMANDER IN KANDAHAR KILLED
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE'S VIDEO OF THE DAY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUefVQIRli4
ISAFMEDIA — June 07, 2010 —
Exclusive footage of an Afghan-international coalition force using a precision air strike to kill one of the senior Taliban leaders in Kandahar Province, and several of his fighters on May 30, in Panjwa'i district.
See the full story on the ISAF website at http://tinyurl.com/2va9lbg.
[On ne le voit pas mourir en direct. Mais s'il est dans l'endroit décrit, sa santé n'est plus ce qu'elle était. Dans le texte, on nous disait que son refuge était une hutte de terre, ici, on dirait une boite de camion!]
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Lire aussi no. 3835
KANDAHAR’S SENIOR TALIBAN COMMANDER KILLED
http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/isaf-releases/kandahar-s-senior-taliban-commander-killed.html
6/3/10 ISAF Public Affairs Office
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
2010-06-CA-110
For Immediate Release
KABUL, Afghanistan (June 4)