name: Taliban leader and two associates detained in Kandahar
text: ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
  2011-08-S-027
  
  For Immediate Release 
  
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 11, 2011)   During a security operation in Maiwand district, Kandahar province, a combined Afghan and coalition security force detained a Taliban leader and two of his associates, yesterday.
  
  
  The detained leader coordinated attacks and distributed lethal aid to insurgents in Panjwa i district.