Taliban Leadership, IED Operatives Targeted, Several Detained
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-11-S-234 For Immediate Release Download PDF    KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 19, 2010) — Afghan and coalition forces detained several suspected insurgents during three operations aimed at capturing Taliban leadership throughout Afghanistan yesterday.  All three operations were conducted peacefully and without civilian causalities. The security force has conducted more than 93 percent of their operations without shots fired this month.  A separate security force detained several suspected Taliban members associated with an IED leader in the Shah Joy district of Zabul province overnight.  The targeted individual for the operation conducts and plans IED attacks against Afghan and coalition security members. He is also involved in kidnapping members of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.  The security team secured the targeted area in search of the Taliban leader. Afghan forces used a loudspeaker to call all occupants to exit the buildings peacefully before conducting the search. The joint team detained the suspects based on initial questioning at the scene.