Suspected Taliban leader and an associate detained in Wardak
ISAF Joint Command- Afghanistan
2011-07-S-068
For Immediate Release

A combined Afghan and coalition patrol detained a suspected Taliban leader and another wanted associate during an operation in Jalrayz district, Wardak province, yesterday.

Several men were detained during the operation and 44 pounds (20 kilograms) of homemade explosive were seized. The suspected Taliban leader is accused of building and emplacing improvised explosive devices in the Jalrez Valley, leading a cell responsible for attacks on Afghan police checkpoints and conducting illegal checkpoints along Highway Two.

Both men identified themselves to the patrol and were arrested by Afghan forces without incident. The detainees were taken by Afghan authorities for processing and further questioning.
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Event Type: detention
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Event_name: detention
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Civiliancasualty: False
Province: Wardak
Target_group: Taliban
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