name: 5
text: 2012-03-S-018
  For Immediate Release
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (Mar. 17)
  In Charparhar district, Nangarhar province, an Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in search of a Taliban leader today. The leader directs insurgent operations around Jalalabad City and is suspected in the Feb. 27 bombing attack at Jalalabad airfield. He is also suspected in this week s attack against the all-girl Shoulana School in Charparhar district which destroyed the school building. The security force detained multiple suspected insurgents and destroyed a weapons cache, ammunition, and illegal drugs as a result of this operation.