Coalition Raids Terrorist Cave Compound In Afghanistan
Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Writer Kabul, Afghanistan (AHN) - Afghan and Coalition forces have raided a "known enemy compound" in Afghanistan. According to the Pentagon, "elements of the 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 205th Afghan National Army Corps, supported by coalition forces, raided a compound in the Bagh-e Yosof Village, killing eight extremists and capturing six others." The raid took place northwest of Tarin Kowt in the Shahidi Hass district of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province, where the cave complex yielded "AK-47 assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and two machine guns." According to U.S. officials, "The compound had been used as a meeting place and sanctuary for Taliban bomb makers and facilitators to conduct operations against local Afghans, government officials and coalition forces."
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