Haqqani IED Facilitator Targeted, Suspected Insurgents Detained
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-11-S-277 For Immediate Release Download PDF    KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 22, 2010) – Afghan and coalition forces detained numerous suspected insurgents during two operations in Khost and Paktiya provinces yesterday.   A separate security force detained several suspected insurgents while targeting a senior Taliban leader in the Bakwah district terrorist network during a joint security operation in Farah province. The targeted individual is responsible for IED emplacement in the area and along the major route connecting Farah to Delaram, Route 515.  Three Afghan citizens were killed and four seriously wounded in an IED attack earlier in the same day in Kandahar.  Afghan forces called for all occupants to exit the buildings peacefully before conducting the search. The Afghan and coalition forces detained the individuals based on initial questioning at the scene.  The joint security team conducted the operations in the hours of darkness to minimize the risk to local citizens. No women or children were injured or detained during these operations.