name: Two facilitators and two insurgents detained in Kandahar
text: ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update, Feb. 27, 2011
  ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2011-02-S-199 For Immediate Release  KABUL, Afghanistan (Feb. 27, 2011) In Kandahar City, Afghan and coalition forces detained two Taliban vehicle-borne improvised explosive device facilitators along with two suspected insurgents, yesterday. The facilitators were responsible for coordinating the construction and use of the VBIEDs for attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. They were associated with a now-detained Taliban facilitator. All three assisted in the assassination of a Daman district Afghan National Police chief. They also had ties to other Taliban leaders and facilitators in the province. Intelligence reports led the security force to the targeted compound in the city, where Afghan forces called for all occupants to exit the buildings peacefully before conducting a search. The targeted Taliban facilitator identified himself to the security force as the targeted insurgent and was detained. The second Taliban facilitator and two suspected insurgents were detained after initial questioning at the scene for involvement in insurgent activity.