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text: 2012-06-S-032
  For Immediate Release
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (June 18, 2012)
  An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation to capture a Haqqani explosives expert in Mota Khan district, Paktika province, today. As the security force approached the explosive expert s suspected location, insurgents attacked the Afghan and coalition troops with small-arms fire. The security force returned fire, killing four insurgents. The force detained one additional suspected insurgent and seized multiple assault rifles, grenades and a suicide vest during the operation. No civilians were harmed during the exchange.