name: Several detained in Kunduz
text: ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
  2011-06-S-071
  For Immediate Release 
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (June 21, 2011)
  A combined Afghan and coalition security force detained several suspected insurgents during an overnight security operation at a Taliban leader s suspected compound in Archi district, Kunduz province, yesterday. 
  
  The target of the search is a leader with the Kunduz attack network and is responsible for planning and conducting suicide attacks against Afghan government officials within the district. ISAF today confirmed the capture of a Taliban leader during a security operation in Archi district, Kunduz province, June 14. 
  
  The leader was the Taliban appointed governing official for the district. South A combined Afghan and coalition security force in Kandahar province captured a Taliban facilitator and more than five associates during a security operation in Arghandab district, yesterday. 
  
  The facilitator was responsible for the movement of lethal materials for other Taliban networks.
  
  The Afghan-led security force detained him and the others at a compound in the district.
   
  According to initial reports, the men were conducting a planning meeting at the time of their detention. 
  
  No shots were fired during the night security search.