name: Militants Detained in Khost
text: Dec. 14: Militants Detained in Khost, Kandahar
  NEWS RELEASE ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2009-12-CA-068 For Immediate Release KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 14) - An Afghan-international security force detained a Haqqani weapons facilitator and a small group of other militants in Khost province today.  The facilitator is responsible for the supply and distribution of weapons to several militant elements in the area.
   The joint force searched a compound near the village of Paru Kheyl in the Sabari district where intelligence sources reported the facilitator to be located. The Haqqani facilitator confirmed his identity and surrendered.