2013-01-S-022

KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 22, 2013)
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader in Lashkar Gah district, Helmand province, today. The leader controlled improvised explosive device operations.  Insurgents under his control constructed and emplaced IEDs and had recently begun using magnetic IEDs to target Afghan National Army vehicles.  He also was responsible for directing insurgent attacks against coalition forces.