{ "name": "Detentions in Kandahar", "eventrefnumber": "2009-12-CA-060", "text": "Dec. 6: Operations Conducted in Laghman, Kandahar and Ghanzi Provinces; ISAF Casualty

NEWS RELEASE
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan

2009-12-CA-060
For Immediate Release

Also today, an Afghan-international security force detained a
Taliban commander and another militant after searching a compound in
Kandahar province.  The commander is responsible for several IED and
suicide bomb attacks and for distributing arms and IED materials to
insurgents in the area.\n
The joint security force targeted a compound near the village of
Rigwai Sofla in the Panjawi district where reliable intelligence sources
said the Taliban commander was located.  The compound was searched
without incident and two militants were detained, including the Taliban
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