July 1: Afghan-ISAF Operations in Eastern, Southern Afghanistan
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-07-CA-002  For Immediate Release

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 1) - An Afghan and international security force captured a senior Taliban weapons facilitator and a number of suspected insurgents in Kandahar Province last night.   The facilitator primarily operated in Kandahar City and Panjwa'i district but is believed to have ties to senior Taliban leadership in Helmand and Kandahar Provinces.   The security force went to a compound west of Sayrah Kalacheh, Kandahar district, and searched the compound without incident. After initial questioning, they detained the suspected insurgents, one of whom identified himself as the Taliban facilitator.   No shots were fired and women and children were protected by the combined security force.