{
  "name": "Security Forces Strike Haqqani Militants in Paktika",
  "eventrefnumber": "2009-12-CA-074",
  "text": "Dec. 19: Security Forces Strike Haqqani Militants in Paktika; ISAF Casualty\nNEWS RELEASE
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan

2009-12-CA-074
For Immediate Release

Kabul, Afghanistan (Dec. 19) - An international security force air strike killed several militants at a mountaintop fighting position in Paktika province yesterday while pursuing a Haqqani commander responsible for attacks in the area.

The security force targeted the militants after intelligence sources indicated they were in a remote area away from buildings and other structures.  A security detachment searched the fighting position after the strike to assess damage and recovered a machine gun, an RPG launcher with rounds, an AK-47 rifle and a pistol.  No Afghan civilians were harmed during this operation.",
  "StartDate": "2009-12-18",
  "eventtype": "airstrike",
  "province": "Paktika",
  "citydistrict": "",
  "village": "",
  "targetgroup": "Haqqani",
  "commander": "",
  "position": "commander",
  "minkilled": "3",
  "mincaptured": "0",
  "capturedcharacterisation": "",
  "killedcharacterisation": "several",
  "killq": "true",
  "captureq": "false",
  "killcaptureraid": "true",
  "airstrike": "true",
  "noshotsfired": "false",
  "dataprocessed": "true",
  "flagged": "false",
  "glossarymeta": "false",
  "minleaderskilled": "0",
  "minfacilitatorskilled": "0",
  "minleaderscaptured": "0",
  "minfacilitatorscaptured": "0","leaderq":"false"}