ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
2011-08-S-042
For Immediate Release
 
KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 16, 2011)
In Manduzai district, Khost province, a combined Afghan and coalition security force detained numerous suspected insurgents while searching for a senior Haqqani network leader, yesterday. The senior Haqqani leader is directly involved with planning and conducting operations against Afghan and coalition security forces. He is also responsible for roadside bomb attacks and suicide bomb facilitation in Khost province.