By Xinhua,
Kabul : The U.S.-led Coalition forces on Saturday eliminated a militant and detained seven suspects during operations targeting the Haqqani network in eastern Afghanistan’s Khost province, said a Coalition statement released here on Sunday.
Coalition forces targeted a compound suspected to host Haqqani network militants in Khost district where they entered the compound and engaged an armed militant who attempted to attack the force, the statement said.
“The force responded with small-arms fire, killing the militant,” it said, “multiple AK-47s and hand grenades were also discovered and destroyed on the spot.”
Jalaludin Haqani, who served as a minister and chief of army staff during Taliban regime in Afghanistan, is a close aide to Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar and has been leading Taliban fighters in east Afghanistan to mount pressure on Afghan government and international troops deployed there in the post-Taliban nation.
Conflicts and spiraling insurgency have claimed the lives of over 3,800 people, mostly militants, so far this year.