Taliban Leaders Targeted, Suspected Insurgents Detained Overnight
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-11-S-290 For Immediate Release Download PDF   KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 23) – Afghan and coalition security forces detained several suspected insurgents during three operations in eastern Afghanistan overnight.  In Paktiya province, a separate security force conducted an operation detaining several suspected insurgents while searching for a Taliban leader in charge of up to 15 Taliban fighters. The targeted individual’s cell emplaces IEDs along public roads and conducts attacks against Afghan and coalition patrols.  Intelligence information led the security force to a compound in remote Zurmat district to search for the individual. After an Afghan-led callout, the joint security force cleared and secured the area. The security force detained the suspected insurgents after finding IED making material, including blasting caps, along with armor piercing rounds and an automatic weapon during the search. 
 The joint security team conducted the operations in the hours of darkness to minimize the risk to local citizens. No women or children were injured or detained during these operations.