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KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan and international security force captured a senior Taliban weapons facilitator and a number of suspected insurgents in Kandahar province last night.
The facilitator primarily operated in Kandahar City and Panjwa'i District but is believed to have ties to senior Taliban leadership in Helmand and Kandahar provinces.
The security force went to a compound west of Sayrah Kalacheh, Kandahar District, and searched the compound without incident. After initial questioning, they detained the suspected insurgents, one of whom identified himself as the Taliban facilitator.
No shots were fired and women and children were protected by the combined security force.
Afghan and international forces killed or captured a number of Taliban commanders and facilitators last month in Kandahar province, including Faizullah and Zia Agna, Taliban commanders killed while emplacing an IED on a road near Kandahar City.
An Afghan-international security force detained several suspected insurgents while pursuing a Taliban commander in Logar province last night.
The combined security force went to a compound southwest of the village of Aladad Kheyl in Charkh District. Afghan forces used a loudspeaker to call for the occupants to exit the buildings and then secured the compound. After initial questioning, the security force detained the suspected insurgents.
No shots were fired and women and children were protected by the combined security force.
An Afghan-international security force detained several suspected insurgents in Khost province last night.
The security force detained the suspected insurgents for further questioning while searching a compound in the village Saman Khel, Sabari District.
The combined force found multiple automatic weapons, ammunition and grenades.
No shots were fired and women and children were protected by the combined force.
Afghan and international forces have been focusing efforts on Haqqani network strongholds.
Last month in Khost province, Afghan and international forces killed or captured two Haqqani Network commanders and a number of facilitators. Last week, a security force used a precision air strike to kill Sartar, a Haqqani network improvised explosive device cell leader, along with several members of his cell as they were placing IEDs along a road well known in Pul-e 'Alam District for attacks.
| Date Taken: | 07.01.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 07.01.2010 04:12 |
| Story ID: | 52216 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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