name: 5
text: 2012-08-S-030
  For Immediate Release
   
   
  KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 16, 2012)
  In Muqer district, Ghazni province, an Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation to find the Taliban leader Jihadmal today. During the operation, the security force engaged and killed an armed insurgent who was threatening them.  During the follow-on assessment, the Afghan and coalition force confirmed the dead insurgent was Jihadmal.  Jihadmal planned, coordinated and led multiple attacks in the region against Afghan and coalition forces.  The security force also detained two suspected insurgents during the operation.