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| Districts of Paktika Province (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
NATO-led International Security Assistance Force following a statement on Thursday announced fghan and coalition security force detained a Taliban leader during an operation in Zurmat district, Paktika province.
The statement further added, the leader who is an explosives expert, planned and conducted roadside bombings, suicide attacks and indirect fire attacks against Afghan and coalition security forces. He also owned an electronics shop where he held Taliban meetings and built remote-detonated improvised explosive devices.
The security force detained one additional insurgent and recovered several IED components as a result of this operation, ISAF added.
In a separate military operationg Afghan and coalition security force detained multiple suspected insurgents during a 10-day operation that ended Sunday in Khake Safayd district, Farah province. During the operation, the combined force searched a suspicious location and detained the suspected insurgents without incident.
The force also recovered 21 IEDs, four rocket-propelled grenades, one mortar, seven AK-47 rifles, one machine gun, more than 8 pounds (4 kilograms) of opium and 30 motorbikes during a subsequent search of the area. The suspected insurgents were taken in for questioning and the weapons cache was destroyed.
Anti-government armed militant groups yet to comment regarding the reports.
from KHAAMA
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