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International Security Assistance Force - Afghanistan

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ANP and ISAF disrupt another insurgent IED cell in Khowst

KABUL, Afghanistan (Feb. 19) - Afghan National Police and International Security Assistance Force troops captured two insurgents tied to a recent Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack in Khowst Province yesterday.

During the operation in the Khowst district, the international force detained two insurgents connected to the vehicle-borne IED attack which killed two U.S. soldiers in Khowst district Feb. 10. Two other militants associated with the Feb. 10 attack had been captured in a previous combined operation on Feb. 16.

A search of the insurgents' compound revealed two AK-47 rifles with 3,000 rounds of ammunition.

“This is the second combined operation this week in which ANP and ISAF elements worked together to disrupt insurgent operations. No shots were fired and the suspected insurgents surrendered to the ANP after being called out,” said U.S. Army Maj. Patrick Seiber in Khowst province.

Two women and three children were unharmed during the operation.

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