ANP detains high level insurgent weapons dealer in Sherzad District

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AFGHANISTAN

07.22.2007

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Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO

Combined Joint Task Force-82 Public Affairs Office

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Afghan national police continue taking the lead in providing security and civil order in their country, executing a unilateral mission ending in the arrest of a key terrorist leader in the Sherzad District, Nangarhar province on Saturday.

ANP officers responded to credible intelligence, arrested Shir Agha at his home in Tutu Village and turned him over to coalition forces in the area.

The ANP leadership had minimal coalition assistance during the planning process and they executed the operation on their own.

Intelligence suggests that Agha supplied large quantities of weapons to the Hizb-E-Islami Gulbuddin terrorist cell and network commanders throughout the Nangarhar province. Coalition forces believe this arrest will disrupt the flow of weapons to other HIG cells in southern Nangarhar.

"This operation is indicative of the Nangarhar Afghan national police's capacity to conduct successful high-risk operations as a unilateral force," said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, Combined Joint Task Force-82 spokesperson. "The ANP's ability to enforce law and order in Nangarhar province is demonstrated by their execution of successful missions that support the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan."

• Date Taken: 07.22.2007
• Date Posted: 07.22.2007 11:49
• Story ID: 11397
• Location: BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AF