2011-09-S-061
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 26, 2011)
A combined Afghan and coalition security force conducted a security operation in search of a Taliban leader in Faizabad district, Jowzjan province. The leader is responsible for acquiring weapons and roadside bomb components, as well as, facilitating suicide bombers, setting up bomb factories and coordinating ambushes targeting Afghan forces.

Multiple suspected insurgents were detained during the operation. During the search, the security force also confiscated a roadside bomb and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher with multiple rockets.