Taliban IED Cell Conducting Attacks on Highway 1 Targeted in Zabul
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-10-CA-057 For Immediate Release Download PDF   KABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 5) - Afghan and coalition security forces targeted a Taliban senior leader in Zabul province overnight who commands the Jaldak improvised explosive device cell conducting regular attacks on Highway 1.   The targeted individual maintains ties with several foreign fighter facilitators and Taliban leadership operating in the region.   Intelligence tips led the security force to a remote compound south of Hajji Abdollah Kalay in Tarnek wa Jaldak district to search for the targeted individual. Afghan forces used a loudspeaker to call for all occupants to exit the buildings peacefully and then the joint security force cleared and secured the compound.   After conducting initial questioning with the residents at the scene, the security force detained several suspected insurgents.   The security force did not fire their weapons and they protected the women and children for the duration of the search.