ISAF Joint Command- Afghanistan
2011-06-S-082
For Immediate Release 

KABUL, Afghanistan (June 25, 2011)
Also in Panjwa’i, a combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban leader and several associates during a security operation yesterday. The leader was responsible for coordinating and conducting roadside bomb attacks in Kandahar and Panjwa’i. 

The force located him and several other suspected insurgents at a compound the force targeted after several reports of insurgent activity in the area. While searching, Afghan members of the force interviewed residents who helped identify the leader and his associates.