2012-12-S-009

KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 7, 2012) – During an operation in Mota Khan district, Paktika province, today, an Afghan and coalition security force arrested a local Haqqani leader who planned and conducted improvised explosive device attacks, and was involved in organizing the Oct. 20 kidnapping of five Afghan National Army soldiers. 
The security force also detained three suspected insurgents and seized IED-making materials and multiple firearms during the operation.