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KABUL, Afghanistan - A Taliban improvised explosive device facilitator was captured by an Afghan-international combined force in Logar this morning.
The facilitator, responsible for the placing of IEDs throughout the district, was captured during a search of a compound outside the town of Lashkari Khel in the Muhammad Aghah District.
In another operation, a Taliban sub-commander and another militant were captured by an Afghan-international force in Kandahar last night.
During the search of a compound outside the village of Ghariban, in the Zharay District, the combined force found IED materials to include a rocket propelled grenade, an artillery round, empty mortar cans, and rocket and mortar charts. The sub-commander is responsible for acquiring explosives and IED materials and moving militant fighters to various safe-houses.
A separate Afghan-international combined force captured a Haqqani commander and two other militants in Khowst last night. The combined force captured the insurgent during a search of a small compound outside of Mocay Kalay in the Jaji Mayden District, after intelligence information verified militant activity. He is responsible for directing attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.
The search team found several weapons, to include a shotgun, an automatic rifle, a grenade, armor-piercing rounds, time fuses, blasting caps and a small amount of dynamite. Two other militants were also detained.
Another Afghan-international force detained two suspected militants while pursuing a Taliban commander in the village of Shelgad, Zurmat district, Paktika province last night.
A joint Afghan-ISAF patrol discovered a weapons cache consisting of 11 RPG warheads in Nad Ali, Helmand province yesterday.
Also in Nad Ali yesterday, a separate joint patrol discovered 75 lbs. of home-made explosives and IED making materials.
A separate joint ANSF-ISAF patrol detained two men after discovering 20 pounds of opium in Nawah-ye-Barakzai District, Helmand province yesterday.
No shots were fired, and no Afghan civilians were harmed during any of these operations.
| Date Taken: | 03.14.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 03.14.2010 03:52 |
| Story ID: | 46656 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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