2012-03-S-043 

For Immediate Release

KABUL, Afghanistan (Mar. 31) — In Maidan Shahr district, Wardak province, an Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban facilitator during an operation today.
The facilitator provided roadside bombs and other weapons to insurgents for attacks against Afghan and coalition security forces throughout the district.He is also suspected in the January 2 attack along Highway 2 against a convoy escorted by Afghan security forces. Three Afghan soldiers were wounded.
The security force detained one additional insurgent and seized an Afghan National Police uniform as a result of the operation.