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text: 	2012-08-S-037
  For Immediate Release
   
   
  KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 19, 2012)
  An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation to arrest a Taliban leader in Alisheng district, Laghman province, today. The Taliban leader acquires weapons and ammunition for insurgents and facilitates attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.  During the operation, a group of insurgents attacked the security force.  The force engaged the insurgents killing three of the attackers. No civilians were harmed in the exchange.  After the engagement, the security force detained three suspected insurgents.