2013-01-S-025

KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 25, 2013)
In Nawah-ye Barakzai district, Helmand province, today, an Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader who oversaw a group of insurgents responsible for improvised explosive device attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. He also procured and distributed homemade explosives and IED-making materials to insurgents operating in Nawah-ye Barakzai and Nad ‘Ali districts.