The coalition said “credible intelligence” led them to residential compounds in Zabul province that were suspected of providing sanctuary to insurgents. “During the operation, several armed males were shot and killed by the forces,” it said in a statement. The men wore shoulder harnesses and had small arms, light machine guns and grenades, it added.
The forces also detained a man who will be questioned regarding his identity and involvement in insurgent activity, the statement added. There was no indication of civilian casualties, it said. “Militants like these pose a threat to the peace of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,” coalition spokesman Major Chris Belcher said.
Meanwhile, an Afghan security firm vehicle came under attack in Greshek, police said. “One security guard was killed and four others were wounded. The vehicle is destroyed,” Andiwal told AFP. A suicide attacker detonated his vehicle some distance from a convoy of a US security company, USPI, in western Farah province Monday, Farah police chief Abdul Rehman Sarjang said. “The suicide attacker became the victim of his own ill-fated attempt. There was no harm to the USPI vehicle or personnel,” Sarjang said.Meanwhile Taliban militants attacked a highway police post overnight in western Nimroz province, sparking a two-hour gun battle which left seven militants killed and three wounded, governor Ghulam Dastageer Azad said.