June 22: Afghan-ISAF Operations in Southern, Northern Afghanistan
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan  2010-06-CA-085  For Immediate Release

KABUL, Afghanistan (June 22) - An Afghan-international security force detained the Taliban's recently appointed chief of finance for Baghlan Province, along with two other suspected insurgents, in Helmand Province last night.   The Taliban finance chief is also an improvised explosive device (IED) expert and former district commander of at least three insurgent cells near Mangal village in Baghlan Province.   After intelligence sources confirmed his location, a security force went to a compound near Tajdar-e Vali, Nahr-e Saraj district, and searched the area. Afghan forces used a loudspeaker to call for the finance chief to give himself up, and when there was no response the assault force entered the compound.  No shots were fired and the women and children present during the search were protected by the combined force.   This operation is another example of recent successes against Taliban networks in Baghlan Province. In late May, the joint force removed three successively appointed Taliban provincial shadow governors for the province. Mullah Ruhullah was killed along with his deputy on May 14. His replacement, Maulawi Jabbar, was killed along with two Taliban commanders on May 28. Three days later his replacement was detained by Afghan and coalition forces.