IJC Operational Update, July 15 ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-07-CA-88  For Immediate Release

 A separate Afghan-international security force detained two suspected insurgents in Zabul province last night while pursuing a Taliban commander who purchases and distributes IED material and commands Taliban forces within the province. The commander is responsible for the November suicide attack against and ISAF forward operating base which killed an Afghan civilian and two coalition force soldiers and wounded two other ISAF troops. The Afghan-international force went to a series of compounds in Molla Akram Kalay in Shah Joy district to search the area. After clearing and securing the area, two suspected insurgents were detained for further questioning after the security force interviewed residents of the targeted compounds.
 No shots were fired and women and children were protected by the combined security forces in all of these operations.
 "International forces, side by side with our Afghan partners, are helping to bring to justice insurgents who use fear and intimidation to threaten the people of Afghanistan," said Col. Rafael Torres, ISAF Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director. "We're doing this so the Afghan people can move forward with rebuilding their institutions, rebuilding their country," Torres added.