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text: 2012-07-S-049
  For Immediate Release
   
   
  KABUL, Afghanistan (July 26, 2012)
  An Afghan-led security force, supported by coalition troops, conducted an operation to arrest a Taliban explosives specialist in Kandahar district, Kandahar province, today. The Taliban specialist plans and directs improvised explosive device attacks against Afghan and coalition troops throughout the province. The security force detained several suspected insurgents during the operation.