name: 3
text: 2012-04-S-048
  
  For Immediate Release
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (Apr. 25)
  An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation to detained a senior Taliban leader in Maiwand district, Kandahar province, today. The leader controls insurgent fighters operating in Zharay and Panjwa i districts and in Kandahar City. He also supplies weapons, ammunition, and equipment to the insurgents under his control and coordinates their attacks against Afghan and coalition security forces. The security force detained multiple suspected insurgents as a result of this operation.