A Battlefield Tourist

Female Militant Wounded and Captured in Afghanistan

Dec 19 at 11:11am by David Tate

A raid against a suspected al Qaeda cell in eastern Khowst Province resulted in three dead militants and five others captured, including a woman.

Afghan National Police, accompanied by a Coaltion force, surrounded a compound where the suspected al Qaeda leader was hiding.  After a call for surrender, a man inside the compound opened fire on the coalition, who returned fire, killing the man.

As the force moved in to search the buildings, three other militants were seen trying to maneuver on them with small arms and were fired on, killing two and wounding the third.  The surviving militant turned out to be a female who had non-life threatening wounds.

The five militants captured included the targetted operative who is believed to be an al Qaeda liason for communications and fighter infiltration from outside of Afghanistan.