Taliban, Haqqani Leadership Targeted, Suspected Insurgents Detained
 ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-11-CA-070 For Immediate Release Download PDF    KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 6, 2010) — Afghan and coalition forces detained more than 10 suspected insurgents during four operations aimed at capturing Taliban and Haqqani leadership in southern and eastern Afghanistan Friday.  A separate security force in Zabul targeted a Taliban senior leader operating in the improvised explosive device network in Shah Joy, detaining two suspected insurgents overnight. Acting on intelligence reports, the security force went to a compound in Ludin-e Sharqi in Shah Joy district to search for the targeted individual.   After an Afghan-led call out and questioning at the scene, the security force detained the insurgents. The security force also found machine gun ammunition and military uniforms at the scene.    The assault force did not fire their weapons during any of these operations and they protected the women and children for the duration of the searches.