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text: 2012-07-S-024
  For Immediate Release
  
   
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (July 14, 2012)   An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation to arrest a Taliban leader in Maidan Shahr district, Wardak province, today.
  
  The Taliban leader provides the insurgents throughout the district with the financing and weapons necessary to conduct attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.
  
  As the Afghan and coalition security force approached the leader s suspected location, a group of insurgents attacked them.  The security force returned fire killing several insurgents. 
  
  As a result of the operation, the combined security force detained several insurgents and multiple weapons.
  
  2012-07-S-028
  KABUL, Afghanistan (July 16, 2012)   An Afghan and coalition security force conducted a security operation in Maidan Shahr district, Wardak province, Saturday.
   Afghan and coalition security forces confirmed today that both Qari Ziauddin, a senior Taliban leader, and Tor Gul, a weapons smuggler, were killed along with several other insurgents during the operation.
   The operation also resulted in the arrest of a third suspected Taliban leader.
   Qari Ziauddin, also known as Ikram Jan, was the senior Taliban leader for Maidan Shahr district. He armed insurgent fighters, transported suicide bombers, coordinated the emplacement of improvised explosive devices, and personally led numerous attacks throughout the district.
   Tor Gul, also known as Emal and Mukhlis, acquired and transported weapons, ammunition and IED components for insurgents throughout the region.