name: Multiple insurgents killed and two detained in Kandahar
text: ISAF Joint Command- Afghanistan
  2011-08-S-050
  For Immediate Release 
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (August 19, 2011)
  A combined Afghan and coalition security force killed multiple insurgents and detained a Taliban facilitator during a security operation in Zharay district, Kandahar province, yesterday. 
  
  The facilitator was responsible for delivering lethal aid across several provinces for Taliban insurgents. 
  
  While searching for the facilitator the security force noticed several groups of armed insurgents. Assessing the immediate threat, the force engaged the armed insurgents, killing several and wounding two others. The wounded insurgents were transported with the security force to a medical facility for treatment. 
  
  The security force also detained the Taliban facilitator and one of his associates during the operation.