Dec. 18: ISAF Assesses Claims of Civilian Casualties; Operational Update
NEWS RELEASE ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan   2009-12-CA-073 For Immediate Release  In a fourth operation today, a joint security force detained a few suspected militants in Kandahar province while pursuing a Taliban commander responsible for manufacturing IEDs and several attacks in the area.  The joint security force searched a compound near the village of Adiran in the Arghandab district after intelligence sources reported militant activity.  The joint force searched the compound and detained the suspected militants.  No shots were fired and no one was harmed during these operations.