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text: 2012-09-S-015
  For Immediate Release
   
   
  KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 12, 2012)
  An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban improvised explosive device specialist in Kandahar district, Kandahar province, today. The explosives specialist is believed to construct IEDs for use in attacks against Afghan and coalition security forces throughout the region. In the weeks prior to his arrest, the Taliban IED specialist is suspected to have directed the movement of IEDs, weapons and ammunition for insurgent use. During this operation, the security force also detained several suspected insurgents and seized multiple explosive components.