ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
2011-01-S-204
For Immediate Release
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KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 19, 2011) — An Afghan man, shot by an insurgent in the remote hills of Qades district, Badghis province, received treatment from coalition forces Jan. 17.

The patient, who sustained a gunshot wound to the arm, was immediately treated by a U.S. Special Forces medic upon arrival at the coalition forces base.

After examining the wound, the medic determined that further treatment was required. Request to transport him was approved, allowing the patient to be medically evacuated to a nearby facility capable of providing the required care for the type of wound sustained.

Earlier this week, eight Afghan civilians in Baghlan province and three in the Uruzgan province were killed when insurgent-emplaced improvised explosive devices detonated. The IED explosion in the Uruzgan province also wounded one civilian.