name: Several suspected insurgents detained in Paktya
text: Afghan, Coalition Forces Target Taliban Leadership in 3 Operations
  ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
  2010-12-S-189
  For Immediate Release
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  KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 17, 2010)   Afghan and coalition forces continued to disrupt terrorist activities and apply pressure on Taliban networks during security operations in Nangarhar, Paktiya and Helmand provinces yesterday.
  
  A third security force detained several suspected insurgents as they targeted a Taliban leader during a security operation in Paktiya province.
  The targeted individual is directly responsible for conducting direct fire and improvised explosive device attacks on coalition forces and local national schools. His cell facilitates the acquisition of and manufactures IED s. He also conducts reconnaissance and surveillance on coalition force movement and locations within the province.
  The security force followed intelligence tips to a compound in Paktiya's Gardez district to search for the leader. Afghan forces used a loudspeaker to call for all occupants to exit the compound peacefully before the joint security force cleared and secured the building. After the area was secure, the security force conducted initial questioning at the scene before detaining seven suspected insurgents.
  The assault force protected the women and children for the duration of the searches.