July 6: Afghan-ISAF Operations in Ghazni, Helmand, Logar
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan  2010-07-CA-028  For Immediate Release
 A separate Afghan-international security force captured the Nawah-ye Barakzai district Taliban shadow government chief and detained two suspected insurgents in Helmand Province last night.   The Taliban chief is responsible for decisions involving Taliban military operations shadow governance, and he also led intimidation operations against residents in the area.   He was captured during a search of a series of compounds outside Lashkar Gah. The security force identified the suspect with identification cards found at the scene.   In an operation in the same area of Helmand Province Saturday, a combined security force captured a Taliban commander suspected of facilitating weapons and suicide bombers, as well as a number of suspected Taliban fighters.