{ "name": "Airstrike Kills Insurgents", "eventrefnumber": "2010-01-CA-148", "text": "Airstrike Kills Insurgents, Protects Civilians\nNEWS RELEASE
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan

2010-01-CA-148 
For Immediate Release\n\n KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 30) - Afghan National Army and international forces were attacked by insurgents yesterday during a mission to detain known terrorists in Morghab district, Badghis province. The partnered force returned fire with precision guided munitions killing more than a dozen enemy combatants.\n The Afghan-led force was engaged by small-arms fire as they were leaving the Bala Morghab village. A large group of insurgents fired from covered positions outside the village and continued to fire at the combined force and into the surrounding community.\n The joint force requested air support to minimize the risk of civilian casualties. Coalition aircraft dropped several precision-guided munitions on insurgent locations.\n No civilian casualties or property damage was reported.", "StartDate": "2010-01-29", "eventtype": "airstrike", "province": "Badghis", "citydistrict": "Morghab", "village": "Bala Morghab", "targetgroup": "", "commander": "", "position": "", "minkilled": "13", "mincaptured": "0", "capturedcharacterisation": "", "killedcharacterisation": "more than a dozen", "killq": "true", "captureq": "false", "killcaptureraid": "false", "airstrike": "true", "noshotsfired": "false", "dataprocessed": "true", "flagged": "true", "glossarymeta": "false", "minleaderskilled": "0", "minfacilitatorskilled": "0", "minleaderscaptured": "0", "minfacilitatorscaptured": "0","leaderq":"false"}