name: 12
text: 2012-09-S-037
  
  For Immediate Release
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 24)
  An Afghan-led security force, supported by coalition troops, detained a few suspected insurgents during an operation to arrest a Taliban leader in Zharay district, Kandahar province, today. The Taliban leader is suspected of being a specialist in the use of improvised explosive devices and believed to have used them in several attacks against Afghan and coalition security forces in recent months.