Coalition forces struck an insurgent training camp in southern Afghanistan, killing five militants, including senior Taleban leaders, the US-led force said Saturday.
Coalition forces launched the strike late Friday in an isolated area of southern Helmand province near the border with Pakistan, the statement said. "Among those killed were key senior leaders of the Taleban network who have conducted attacks against coalition and Afghan forces, Afghan officials and civilians," the statement said.
The suspected militants also distributed materials used to make home-made bombs, it said. The raid on the village of Qal'a Sak yielded a large cache of weapons and two hidden fighting positions that contained explosives and heavy machine guns were destroyed, the statement said.
It stressed that only a targeted vehicle and two buildings were destroyed in the "precision strike" and there were no reports of injuries to civilians or damage to property.