name: Taliban facilitator detained with several suspected insurgents in Kandahar
text: ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update, Feb. 4, 2011
  ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2011-02-S-029 For Immediate Release  Download PDF  KABUL, Afghanistan (Feb. 4, 2011)   Afghan and coalition forces detained a Taliban facilitator along with several suspected insurgents during a security operation in Maiwand district, Kandahar province yesterday. The Taliban facilitator was an improvised explosive device manufacturer and facilitator who constructed general and specialized IEDs particularly directional fragmentation charges. Security forces followed leads to a targeted location in the district, where Afghan and coalition forces conducted a search after securing the compound. The Taliban facilitator along with the suspected insurgents was detained after initial questioning at the scene.