2012-10-S-005
For Immediate Release
 
 
KABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 4, 2012)
An Afghan-led security force, supported by coalition troops, arrested a Haqqani facilitator in Tsamkani, Paktiya province, today. The Haqqani facilitator was arrested for allegedly financing and procuring weapons to support the Haqqani insurgent network, for managing and recruiting suicide attackers, and for participating in attack planning against Afghan and coalition forces. The facilitator was also believed to have coordinated shipments of heavy machine-guns, anti-aircraft ammunition and explosives to support the insurgency. The security force apprehended one additional suspected insurgent and seized multiple firearms along with remote-controlled improvised explosive device materials as a result of the operation.