Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan
July 03, 2006
Twenty extremists were killed after attacking a Coalition patrol with small arms and mortar fire in the Sangin District of Helmand Province on July 2.
Two Coalition soldiers were wounded and transported to a Coalition medical facility for treatment. They are in stable condition.
The patrol had just completed a cordon and search operation, where they recovered an enemy weapons cache, when up to 30 extremists attacked.
The patrol returned fire, and Coalition provided joint fires. The Coalition attacked the engaging enemy element as well as a second group attempting to reinforce the original group.
“Afghan and Coalition forces continue their successful attacks on extremists in selected areas of southern Afghanistan to deny the enemy sanctuary,” said Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick, Combined Joint Task Force 76 spokesperson. “The focus of Operation Mountain Thrust is to enable the Afghan national security forces to provide security and create a stable environment for provincial and district-level governments to be responsive and representative of the people.”
(Above courtesy of CENTCOM - COMBINED FORCES COMMAND – AFGHANISTAN COALITION PRESS INFORMATION CENTER KABUL, AFGHANISTAN and taken from press release # 060703-02)
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