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KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces targeted a Taliban weapons facilitator, detaining several suspected insurgents, during a joint security operation in Ghazni province yesterday.
The Taliban weapons facilitator is involved in selling pistols, heavy machine guns and other weapons systems to the Taliban in Rashidan District. He is also associated with two top Taliban leaders in the area.
Security forces followed leads to a series of buildings in the Rashidan District. Afghan forces used a loudspeaker to call occupants out of the buildings peacefully before conducting a search of the compound. The suspected insurgents were detained after initial questioning.
No women or children were injured or detained during this operation and the security force conducted the operation without firing their weapons.
| Date Taken: | 01.01.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 01.01.2011 01:00 |
| Story ID: | 62835 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
| Web Views: | 139 |
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