name: More than 10 suspected insurgents detained in Khost
text: Taliban, Haqqani Network Leaders Targeted in Nangarhar, Khost
  ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2011-01-S-228 For Immediate Release Download PDF KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 20, 2011)   Afghan and coalition forces targeted a Taliban shadow district leader for Hisarak district, Nangarhar province, and a Haqqani Network leader during security operations detaining more than 10 suspected insurgents and killing two armed insurgents in Nangarhar and Khost provinces yesterday. In Khost province, Afghan and coalition forces targeted a Haqqani Network facilitator detaining more than 10 suspected insurgents during a security operation. The security force targeted the Taliban leader who operates within Khost district. He facilitates the movement of heavy weapons and IED materials for multiple Haqqani Network leaders operating in the province. Recent reporting indicates he planned to transport an anti-aircraft missile, an anti-tank missile and heavy machine gun to a Haqqani Network leader. Security forces followed leads to the target location in the district, where Afghan forces called for all occupants to exit out of the buildings peacefully before conducting a search. The security team detained 11 suspected insurgents based on initial questioning at the scene. The security force recovered various weapons to include more than 10 anti-personnel mines, multiple AK-47s, 14 grenades, multiple chest racks, 55-pounds of IED making chemicals and an IED trigger system and hundreds of rounds heavy machine gun of ammunition.
  
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  UPDATE: ISAF Confirms Capture of Haqqani Network Facilitator
  ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2011-01-S-338 For Immediate Release Download PDF  KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 30, 2011)   International Security Assistance Force confirmed a Haqqani Network facilitator was detained during an Afghan and coalition operation in Khost province Jan. 19. The Haqqani Network facilitator operated within Khost district, Khost province. He facilitated the movement of weapons and IED materials for Haqqani Network leaders operating in the province.