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BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - Afghan national security forces and International Security Assistance Forces captured two key Taliban leaders, including one commander, during a joint operation in the Kanday village of Chapa Dara District, Kunar province, Aug. 29.
Qari Azimullah is a Taliban commander in the district, and has been directly linked to several improvised explosive device attacks in the Kunar province. One of these attacks resulted in the recent death of a U.S. service member.
A second captured individual is another suspected Taliban leader in the area that has also been linked to IEDs in Kunar province.
Two additional individuals were detained. A large weapons cache including a suicide vest and IED making materials was seized during the operation.
"By removing these insurgents from the streets, the Afghan national security forces have benefitted the local population in Chapa Dara and throughout Kunar," said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Clarence Counts, spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force-82. "The streets are now safer for Afghan citizens thanks to the hard work of the ANSF."
ANSF and ISAF troops protected several women and children who were nearby during the operation when insurgents began firing weapons at the troops in the village.
No civilians, ANSF troops or ISAF soldiers were killed or injured during the operation.
| Date Taken: | 08.29.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 08.30.2009 10:20 |
| Story ID: | 38126 |
| Location: | BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AF |
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