2012-09-S-037

For Immediate Release

KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 24)
An Afghan-led security force, supported by coalition troops, detained a few suspected insurgents during an operation to arrest a Taliban leader in Zharay district, Kandahar province, today. The Taliban leader is suspected of being a specialist in the use of improvised explosive devices and believed to have used them in several attacks against Afghan and coalition security forces in recent months.
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