[facilitator also is a leader]

2011-09-S-046
For Immediate Release

ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 20, 2011) – A combined Afghan and coalition security force killed one insurgent and detained two suspected insurgents while searching for a Taliban facilitator in Now Zad district, Helmand province Monday.
The leader provides reports to Pakistan-based Taliban members and serves as a communications liaison for insurgents throughout the region.
During the operation, the security force discovered a weapons cache to include a Russian PKM machine gun with 400 rounds of ammunition, multiple mortar rounds, pressure plates and an array of bomb-making materials to include homemade explosives.