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text: 2012-07-S-034
  For Immediate Release
   
   
  KABUL, Afghanistan (July 18, 2012)
  An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation to arrest a senior Taliban leader in Nad  Ali district, Helmand province, today.  As the security force approached the Taliban leader s suspected location, an insurgent attacked the Afghan and coalition troops with small-arms fire. The security force returned fire killing the insurgent. The operation also resulted in the detention of multiple suspected insurgents.