name: Taliban leader captured in Kandahar
text: ISAF Joint Command Operational Update April 2, 2011
  ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2011-04-S-003 For Immediate Release KABUL, Afghanistan (April 2, 2011)  Also in Kandahar province, Afghan and coalition forces captured a Taliban leader during a raid in Kandahar City, yesterday. The Taliban insurgent is an operational commander linked to a Taliban leader in the Arghandab district. He is responsible for the assassination of a Kandahar district governor in January. The Taliban leader also commands direct action, IEDs and suicide attacks in Kandahar. Multiple Intelligence reports led the joint security force to a suspected insurgent compound in the district. The joint security force secured and cleared the area, then detained the Taliban leader after initial questioning.