name: Several detained in Kandahar
text: ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update June 16, 2011
  ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
  2011-06-S-050
  For Immediate Release
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (June 16, 2011)
  Also in Kandahar, a combined Afghan and coalition security force detained several suspected Taliban insurgents during a night security operation in Zharay district, yesterday. The Afghan-led security force was targeting a Taliban leader who directs insurgents responsible for attacks against Afghan forces in Zharay s Nakhonay village. He also operates in Salawat and Zalakhan in Panjwa i district, Kandahar Province.
  
  The men were discovered during the search of a compound associated with the leader. The force targeted the compound after receiving several reports of Taliban activity in the area. The men were detained for additional questioning.