ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
2011-07-S-078 

For Immediate Release 

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 28, 2011) – An Afghan-led security force detained a Taliban leader and one of his associates during a security operation in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, yesterday. The leader was the Taliban military commander for the district and was responsible for coordinating shipments of bomb materials for insurgents.