Wednesday, April 10, 2013

In Several Joint Clearance Operations, Two Armed Taliban Killed (Apr.10.2013.)



Publish Date: Apr 10, 2013 

Counterterrorism:
In past 24 hours, Afghan National Police conducted several joint clearance operations with the cooperation of Afghan National Army, NDS and Coalition Forces to clean some of the areas from terrorists and enemies of peace and stability of Afghanistan.
The operations were conducted in Takhar, Kunduz, Kandahar and Maidan Wardak provinces, as a result two armed Taliban were killed, three wounded and six other armed Taliban were arrested by Afghan National Security Forces.
                                                                                   
Also, during these operations, Afghan National Police discovered and confiscated some amount of light and heavy round ammunitions and IEDs.
During the same 24 hour period, Afghan National Police discovered and defused five anti-vehicle mines placed by enemies of Afghanistan for destructive activities in Nangarhar and Paktika provinces.

Counter Crimes:
The 101 Kabul Zone National Police detained four suspects accused of murder, theft and drug trafficking in the Bagrami, 4th, 5th and 17th Districts of Kabul-City.

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Afghan soldier open fire on Lithuanian troops, injures 2

Districts of Ghor.
Districts of Ghor. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
According to local authorities in western Ghor province of Afghanistan, at least two NATO-led coalition security forces were injured after an Afghan security service member opened fire on them.

The officials further added, the incident took place on Tuesday in Cheghcharan city.

Provincial governor spokesman Abdul Hai Khatibi confirming the report said the injured soldiers belongs to Lithuania.

He said the incident took place after an Afghan soldier called on Lithuanian troops to stop their vehicles.

According to Mr. Khatibi the Afghan soldier fired a rocket propelled grenade on the armored vehicle of the Lithuanian troops, injuring two of them.

Mr. Khatibi also added that the health condition of one of the soldier is critical and has been taken out Ghor province for treatment purposes.

The assailant Afghan soldier has reportedly been arrested and is under the investigation.

from KHAAMA
By Ghanizada - 10 Apr 2013, 1:36 pm

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Apr. 10., 2013. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security and coalition forces discovered two weapons caches and found and safely cleared seven improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, April 9.

Parwan province
Coalition forces discovered a weapons cache during operations in the Bagram district. The cache contained three rocket-propelled grenades, one anti-tank grenade launcher, two 107 mm rockets, one landmine, one 60 mm mortar and nine cans of ammunition.

Khowst province
Afghan National Security and coalition forces found and cleared one IED during operations in the Sabari district.

Paktika province
Afghan National Security Forces discovered a weapons cache during operations in the Orgun district. The cache contained six IEDs. Afghan forces safely disposed the IEDs.

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R.I.P. - Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Ward, Spc. Wilbel A. Robles-Santa, Spc. Deflin M. Santos Jr.

DOD Identifies Army Casualties
            The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

            They died April 6 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit in Zabul, Afghanistan with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.  They were assigned to the 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

            Killed were:

            Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Ward, 24, of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Spc. Wilbel A. Robles-Santa, 25, of Juncos, Puerto Rico, and Spc. Deflin M. Santos Jr., 24, of San Jose, Calif.

            For more information, media may contact the Fort Stewart public affairs office at 912-210-9375.

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Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Ward, 24, of Oak Ridge, Tenn., died April 6 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit in Zabul, Afghanistan with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.
He was assigned to the 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. A chaplain and another military representative knocked on her door at about 10:35 p.m. Saturday. Joyce Ward of Oak Ridge knew why there were there.
She learned that her son, Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Ward, 24, had died in southern Afghanistan on Saturday morning helping a diplomat and two other soldiers deliver books to children in Zabul province when their vehicle was hit by an explosion.
“He is a hero,” Joyce Ward said. “He gave his life. He put himself in the line of fire to protect others.” Nancy Ward, Christopher’s grandmother in Arcadia, Fla., said Christopher Ward was part of the convoy that included diplomat Anne Smedinghoff, 25, of Chicago.
She was the first American diplomat to be killed on the job since Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three others were killed last Sept. 11 in an attack on a United States diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. The five Americans who died Saturday—the three soldiers, the diplomat, and a U.S. Department of Defense civilian—were delivering textbooks to children at a new school in Afghanistan.
They were traveling in a convoy of vehicles when a suicide bomb set off by the Taliban exploded, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Christopher Ward grew up in Arcadia, Fla. He was in Junior ROTC and stayed in Arcadia, which is east of Sarasota and north of Fort Myers, to finish high school when Joyce moved to Oak Ridge about 10 years ago. He came to Oak Ridge in July 2004 and attended Oak Ridge High School before getting a GED later, Joyce Ward said. He enlisted in the Army in 2006 at 17 and had been in Iraq twice.
His mother said this was his first tour in Afghanistan. Joyce Ward was at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., on Monday for a “dignified transfer” procedure. Her son’s body was the first off the plane. “I wouldn’t want no one else to have to experience it,” she said.
Ward also is survived by his two younger brothers, Matthew, 22, and Travis, 20, and his paternal grandfather. Officials have not been able to locate his father.
“He never said he worked for the Army,” Joyce Ward said of her son. “He said he worked for the people.”
Another U.S. service member was killed in a separate attack Saturday. It was reported to be the deadliest day in the country for the United States in eight months.
Ward, 24, was a native of Oak Ridge, Tenn. Ward joined the Army in November of 2005.
This was his third deployment.

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Spc. Wilbel A. RoblesSanta, 25, of Juncos, Puerto Rico, died April 6 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit in Zabul, Afghanistan with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.
He was assigned to the 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
He joined the Army in October of 2010.
This was his second deployment.



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Spc. Deflin M. Santos Jr., 24, of San Jose, Calif., died April 6 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit in Zabul, Afghanistan with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.
He was assigned to the 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
He joined the Army in February 2007, arriving at the unit in May 2011. He was on his second deployment. Santos is the youngest of 17 children. His father was a POW in World War II and was part of the Bataan Death March. His father was buried in the Philippines. Delfin's family said his body will be flown to the Philippines as well so that he can be buried next to his father.
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