2012-05-S-029

For Immediate Release


KABUL, Afghanistan (May 17)
In Zurmat district, Paktika province, an Afghan and coalition security force detained a Taliban leader during an operation today. 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.