Dec. 6: Operations Conducted in Laghman, Kandahar and Ghanzi Provinces; ISAF Casualty  NEWS RELEASE ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan  2009-12-CA-060 For Immediate Release  Also today, an Afghan-international security force detained a Taliban commander and another militant after searching a compound in Kandahar province.  The commander is responsible for several IED and suicide bomb attacks and for distributing arms and IED materials to insurgents in the area.
 The joint security force targeted a compound near the village of Rigwai Sofla in the Panjawi district where reliable intelligence sources said the Taliban commander was located.  The compound was searched without incident and two militants were detained, including the Taliban commander.