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text: 2012-09-S-036
  For Immediate Release
   
   
  KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 23, 2012)
  The Afghan Special Operations Unit, supported by coalition troops, arrested a Taliban improvised explosive device (IED) expert in Panjwa i district, Kandahar province, today. The detained IED expert is suspected of being directly involved the construction of roadside bombs and other explosives for Taliban attacks, as well as overseeing the emplacement and use of IEDs throughout Kandahar province. At the time of his arrest, the Taliban IED expert was believed to be harboring insurgent fighters and planning future attacks.  The security force also detained four suspected insurgents as a result of the operation.