name: Taliban leader and associate captured in Helmand
text: ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
  2011-07-S-075
  For Immediate Release
  
  During a search in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, an Afghan and coalition combined security force captured a Taliban leader and detained one of his associates.
  
  The leader directed a cell of fighters in the district, and he coordinated attacks, weapons facilitation, and intelligence gathering for insurgents in the area.