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text: KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 7)   A combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban facilitator during an operation in Qalat district, Zabul province, today.
  
  The facilitator was responsible for making and employing roadside bombs.  Additionally, he armed and moved insurgents through the province and provided information on Afghan government officials for future insurgent attacks.
  
  The security force detained seven other suspected insurgents during the operation.