Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Afstan: Aussie special forces in action?

Looks like it:
AUSTRALIAN forces in Afghanistan have killed another Taliban leader.

Australian Defence Force chief of joint operations Lieutenant General Mark Evans said Mullah Abdul Karim, along with a number of other insurgents, was killed in an operation on August 10.

Lieutenant General Evans said this was an important and positive development in enhancing the security and stability of Oruzgan Province.

He said Mullah Karim was killed during an operation directed against the insurgent network of improvised explosive device operators in Oruzgan Province...

Defence provided no other details of this operation.

However, past missions targeting insurgent commanders have involved members of the special operations task group operating with Afghan security forces...
More on their special forces at end here. Plus one of the rare accounts of Canadian special forces' similar Afghan activities.

1 Comments:

Blogger milnews.ca said...

Well done to all involved - here's the Aussies' Department of Defence statement:
http://www.defence.gov.au/media/DepartmentalTpl.cfm?CurrentId=9405

9:45 a.m., August 25, 2009  

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