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text: 2012-09-S-034
  For Immediate Release
   
   
  KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 22, 2012)   Afghan Special Police and coalition security forces confirmed today they detained a Taliban leader during a partnered night operation in Kariz-e-Sayidi district, Helmand province Tuesday.
   
  Gran Agha, also known as Khudaidad, is suspected of being a facilitator of insurgent activity against Afghan and coalition security forces throughout Kariz-e-Sayidi and Nad-e-Ali districts and led a cell of insurgents in a wide range of criminal activity.
   
  The detained leader is also believed to have links to a number of other Taliban leaders operating throughout the province.