UPDATE: Capture of Taliban Commander in Paktika Confirmed
 ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-08-CA-335 For Immediate Release
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 KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 28) - The International Security Assistance Force confirmed the capture of a Taliban facilitator involved in the manufacture of improvised explosive devices during an Afghan-led operation in Paktika Wednesday.  The commander sold and facilitated rocket-propelled grenades and worked with Turkish foreign fighters.  The assault force targeted a series of compounds in Yahya Khel district in pursuit of the facilitator. Afghan forces used a loudspeaker to call for all occupants to exit each of the compounds peacefully, and then secured the areas. After questioning all of the residents at the scene, the security force detained the facilitator.  The security force discovered and destroyed multiple automatic weapons, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher with four rounds, and three hand grenades. They also found a pressure plate IED and Pakistani money at the scene.  The security force did not fire their weapons and they protected the women and children for the duration of the search.