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text: 2012-06-S-030
  For Immediate Release
   
  KABUL, Afghanistan (June 17, 2012)   An Afghan and coalition security force detained one of the senior Taliban leaders for Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, in Nad  Ali district, Helmand province, today.
  The leader controlled several insurgent cells throughout southern Afghanistan and coordinated the construction and use of home-made explosives and improvised explosive devices for attacks against coalition and Afghan forces. 
  During the operation the Afghan and coalition security force also detained one suspected insurgent.