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KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan national army Commandos of 1st Company, 2nd Commando Kandak, 203rd Corps, assisted by coalition forces, captured a Taliban commander and three other insurgents in an early-morning raid of a compound in the Lagharah Valley of Khowst province April 3.
The captured mid-level commander is responsible for facilitating suicide bombings and emplacing improvised explosive devices in the surrounding area. He is also known to have aided in direct ambushes and IED attacks on Afghan national police and coalition forces. The compound has been used in the past to launch attacks against the people of Afghanistan, including the ordered burning of a school in Seekuun village.
Three other militants believed to associate with and aid the Taliban commander were also detained.
No shots were fired and no non-combatants were harmed during this operation.
| Date Taken: | 04.04.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 04.04.2009 02:54 |
| Story ID: | 32006 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
| Web Views: | 800 |
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