Forces Kill Insurgents in Laghman Province, Afghanistan

A member of the 201st Commando Kandak pulls security, scanning the valley below his vantage point, during an operation April 27, in Galuch Villag, Laghman Province. Afghan national army commandos and Afghan national police assisted by coalition forces conduct a cordon and search of the Galuch village in the Laghman Province, Afghanistan. (U.S Army photo/Cpl. Wayne K. Pitsenberger)

A member of the 201st Commando Kandak pulls security in the village of Galuch during an operation there April 27. Afghan national army commandos and Afghan national police assisted by coalition forces conduct a cordon and search of the Galuch village in the Laghman Province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo/Cpl. Wayne K. Pitsenberger)

Dispatches from the Front:

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan, April 30, 2008 -- Afghan national army commandos and Afghan national police, assisted by coalition forces, killed insurgents in Galuch Village, Laghman province April 27.

Commandos from the 201st Commando Kandak were searching Galuch when, air-support elements identified insurgents on a nearby ridge with a rocket propelled grenade.

The air-support elements killed insurgents before the RPG was utilized against friendly forces. Another insurgent fled the area.

The Commandos found a rifle, IED materials and RPGs during the operation.

(Compiled from Combined Joint Task Force 101 news releases.)

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