2012-09-S-027
For Immediate Release

KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 19)
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban weapons specialist and killed two armed insurgents during an operation in Muqer district, Ghazni province, today. As the security force approached the Taliban weapon specialist’s location, two armed insurgents opened fire on the Afghan and coalition troops. The security force engaged the armed insurgents, killing them. No civilians were harmed in the exchange. Prior to his arrest, the Taliban weapons specialist planned and executed several attacks against Afghan and coalition forces in the region using mortars and small-arms fire.