name: Suspected Taliban Commander Detained in Kandahar
text: Dec. 24: Militants Detained in Helmand, Kandahar, Khowst; Caches Discovered; ISAF Casualties
  
  NEWS RELEASE ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2009-12-CA 080
  For Immediate Release
  
  In an operation in Kandahar, a joint security force captured a suspected Taliban commander believed to be responsible for recent assassinations and detained a couple of other militants.
  The security force searched a compound just south of Kandahar City after intelligence assets located militant activity there and took the Taliban commander and militants into custody.