2012-08-S-001
For Immediate Release

 
KABUL, Afghanistan (August 1, 2012) — An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a senior Taliban leader in Tarnak wa Jaldak district, Zabul province, during an operation yesterday.
 
The senior Taliban leader organized a complex improvised explosive device network responsible for multiple IED attacks in the region. He was also responsible for directing suicide bombings, and for planning and executing multiple attacks against Afghan security forces and civilians throughout the district.
 
The arrest of the senior Taliban leader came as the result of information provided to Afghan and coalition troops by insurgents formerly under his control who had been detained by Afghan and coalition troops during a previous operation.