Senior Taliban Commander Killed in Lashkar Gar
Senior Taliban Commander Killed in Lashkar Gar
2010-03-CA-061  For Immediate Release

 KABUL, Afghanistan (March 14) - Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) with International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) partners conducted an operation east of Gavragay, Lashkar Gar district, Helmand Province, Friday afternoon. Muhammad Yah, a senior Taliban commander in the Lashkar Gar area, was killed during this operation.   Muhammad Yah was known to have planned and facilitated both improvised explosive device attacks and to have directed suicide attacks around Lashkar Gar. While he primarily targeted Afghan forces and international partners, his attacks often killed or injured innocent Afghan civilians.   No civilians were injured in this operation.
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