2012-06-S-039
For Immediate Release

KABUL, Afghanistan (June 22, 2012)
An Afghan-led security force, supported by coalition troops, detained a Taliban weapons facilitator in Zharay district, Kandahar province, today.  The facilitator was responsible for the acquisition and distribution of weapons and ammunition to insurgent groups throughout the Shah Wali Kot and Zharay districts.  The security force also detained several suspected insurgents and seized a weapon as a result of the operation.