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KABUL, Afghanistan - Joint Afghan-international security forces conducted operations in Ghazni, Helmand and Logar provinces last night, detaining a Taliban commander and several suspected insurgents.
An Afghan-international security force detained two suspected insurgents in Ghazni province last night while pursuing a Taliban facilitator responsible for providing money, munitions and guidance to Taliban and Haqqani networks in Ghazni and Paktika provinces.
The security force went to a compound in the village of Kala in Gelan District, and Afghan forces used a loudspeaker to call for the occupants to exit the buildings before the combined force cleared the
compound.
Over the last several years the district has faced numerous acts of Taliban suppression. Since 2005 several schools have been targeted by insurgent groups resulting in several cases of arson and the shooting of a teacher in class at a school in Gelan.
A separate Afghan-international security force captured the Nawah-ye Barakzai District Taliban shadow government chief and detained two suspected insurgents in Helmand province last night.
The Taliban chief is responsible for decisions involving Taliban military operations shadow governance, and he also led intimidation operations against residents in the area.
He was captured during a search of a series of compounds outside Lashkar Gah. The security force identified the suspect with identification cards found at the scene.
In an operation in the same area of Helmand province Saturday, a combined security force captured a Taliban commander suspected of facilitating weapons and suicide bombers, as well as a number of suspected Taliban fighters.
Another Afghan-international security force detained several suspected insurgents in Logar province last night while pursuing a Taliban facilitator responsible for improvised explosive device attacks in Baraki Barak Districts as well as indirect fire attacks at an ISAF forward operating base, most recently on June 20.
The security force went to a series of compounds in the village of Molla Hazrat in Baraki Barak District to search the area. Afghan forces used a loudspeaker to call for the occupants to exit the buildings and then cleared the compound.
The security force found multiple automatic weapons and jihad propaganda material.
Since July 1 combined Afghan and international forces have captured two Taliban commanders operating within the same network including one suspected to be involved in an attack on an ISAF FOB, Sunday.
No shots were fired, and women and children present were protected by joint security forces during all of the above operations.
| Date Taken: | 07.06.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 07.06.2010 03:10 |
| Story ID: | 52407 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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