name: Taliban leader detained in Helmand
text: ISAF Joint Command- Afghanistan
  2011-06-S-092
  For Immediate Release 
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (June 27, 2011)   A combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban leader during an overnight security operation in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, yesterday. 
  
  The leader was responsible for directing a cell of fighters who conduct roadside bomb and direct fire attacks against Afghan and coalition security forces. 
  
  The Afghan-led security force conducted the operation after intelligence tips led them to the leader s compound. At the compound, Afghan members of the force interviewed residents who identified the leader.