ISAF Joint Command- Afghanistan
2011-08-S-003
For Immediate Release

KABUL, Afghanistan (August 2, 2011) – In Mata Khan district, Paktika province, a combined Afghan and coalition security force detained multiple suspected insurgents while searching for Haqqani network leader, yesterday.

The target of the search is responsible for kidnapping, as well as roadside bomb, indirect fire and ambush attacks against Afghan security forces.

While searching the area, the security force confiscated a machine gun, multiple grenades, AK-47 assault rifles, roadside bomb materials, and chest racks.