ISAF kills Lashkar-e-Taiba's leader for Kunar

[Token White Guy]

Coalition and Afghan special operations forces killed the leader of the al Qaeda-linked, Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, or Army of the Pure, during an airstrike yesterday in the remote eastern province Kunar.
Khatab Shafiq, "the LeT's [Lashkar-e-Taiba's] senior leader in Kunar province," and numerous "insurgents" were killed during two airstrikes in Kunar's Watahpur district yesterday, the International Security Assistance Force said in a press release.
"[T]he security force engaged the insurgents with a precision airstrike away from all civilian structures," ISAF said. "After the strike, the Afghan and coalition security force conducted a follow-on assessment and confirmed Khatab Shafiq, along with multiple other insurgents, had been killed." The special operations force directed a second airstrike after identifying "several more armed insurgents in the immediate area." ISAF said that no civilians were killed in either strike.
Shafiq's "country of origin was Pakistan," a spokesman for ISAF's Joint Command Media Operations told The Long War Journal.

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Oh Pakistan.

[twinblade]

LeT operatives have perhaps the lowest life expectancy on this side of Pakistan. Nice to see it being reciprocated on the other side.

[kevlar308]

It is amazing that the second group stuck around after seeing the boss get killed. Idiots.

[antman311]

Awesome news! Thanks for sharing.

[twinblade]

It is amazing that the second group stuck around after seeing the boss get killed. Idiots.

It doesn't seems to be the case in this operation but usually LeT militants are trained to hole up and put up a last stand instead of usual hit and run tactics of Taliban.