2012-06-S-038
For Immediate Release

KABUL, Afghanistan (June 21, 2012)

An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in Sabari district, Khost province today, to detain a Haqqani leader behind Wednesday’s deadly suicide bombing in Khost City. He leads a cell of insurgents and is connected to the suicide attack that killed more than a dozen Afghan civilians. The security force detained four suspected insurgents as a result of this operation.