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text: 2012-04-S-059
  
  For Immediate Release
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (Apr. 29)   An Afghan-led security force conducted an operation to detain a Taliban leader in Baraki Barak district, Logar province, today.
  The leader organized roadside bombings and other attacks against Afghan and coalition forces in the province.
  As the Afghan portion of the force moved into the area and conducted a call out, the insurgent leader and an additional insurgent attempted to fire on the force. The Afghan soldiers returned fire, killing the attackers. Multiple weapons and several blasting caps were also confiscated.