Afghan, Coalition Forces Detain Key Taliban Financier in Kandahar
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-12-S-043 For Immediate Release
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KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 4) – Afghan and coalition forces detained a key Taliban financier of the Mullah Dadullah Lang Allegiance network during a security operation in Kandahar province yesterday.

The joint security team detained the financier and several additional suspects in Kandahar district.

The detained individual worked directly for the Mullah Dadullah Lang Allegiance leader as the network’s financier. He was heavily involved in financing and the transferring of funds for Helmand province-based insurgents.

The Mullah Dadullah Lang Allegiance is a Taliban network named for a top Taliban leader, Mullah Dadullah, who was killed in a NATO operation in May 2007. Dadullah was known as one of the Taliban’s key spokesmen who was also responsible for several high-profile massacres and kidnappings.

Forces followed leads from intelligence reports to a targeted location where Afghan forces used a loudspeaker to call all occupants to exit the buildings peacefully before conducting a search. The Afghan and coalition forces identified the targeted individual during questioning. The security team determined the additional individuals would also be detained based on initial questioning at the scene.

The joint security team conducted the operation in the hours of darkness to minimize the risk to local citizens. No women or children were injured or detained during this operation.

The security forces conducted the operation without firing their weapons.