KABUL- An Afghan-international security force captured a Taliban sub-commander and another individual suspected of insurgent activity in Ghazni province last night.
The sub-commander is responsible for planning and conducting operations against coalition forces, including improvised explosive device (IED) emplacement and intelligence gathering.
The security force captured the individuals while searching a compound outside the village of Nowabad Khanehdorha, Muqer district, after intelligence information confirmed insurgent activity.
A separate Afghan-international security force detained a number of suspected insurgents while pursuing a Haqqani network IED facilitator in Khost province last night.
The combined force detained the suspected insurgents in a compound in a rural area of Sabari district after intelligence verified militant activity.
There were no shots fired and no one was harmed during the above operations.
An Afghan-international force conducted a number of operations against the Taliban in southern Helmand province over the past week. The operations took place in multiple locations in and around Baram Chah, Reg-e Khan Neshin district, and were designed to disrupt and restrict the movement of Taliban fighters and the supply of weapons into central Helmand province.
Taliban fighters engaged the Afghan-led combined force on numerous occasions, and several of the insurgents who engaged the combined force were killed. The team seized four assault rifles and a sniper rifle with ammunition, and a mortar and rocket during the operations.
No civilians were injured in the operations.