Taliban, Haqqani Leadership Targeted Overnight, Several Detained
  ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-11-CA-054 For Immediate Release Download PDF   KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 5, 2010) — Afghan and coalition forces detained numerous suspected insurgents during three operations aimed at capturing Taliban and Haqqani leadership in southern and eastern Afghanistan Thursday. [...]  A joint security force targeting a Taliban senior leader in charge of an improvised explosive device cell in the Kandahar city area, detained three suspected insurgents during an overnight operation in the village of Bala Dehe Sufla in Kandahar province.   As the cell leader, he is involved in attack planning and participates in indiscriminate IED attacks within the city.   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.