name: UPDATE: Joint Operation Nets Taliban Leader and Associate
text: UPDATE: Joint Operation Nets Taliban Leader and Associate
  ISAFJoint Command - Afghanistan 2011-01-S-189 For Immediate Release Download PDF  KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 17, 2011)   Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance Forces detained an alleged Taliban leader as well as improvised explosive device expert and an associate during a security operation in Kabul district, Kabul province yesterday. The targeted Taliban leader and his associate are known to have been involved in rocket attacks and direct fire attacks against Afghan National Security Forces and ISAF in Baghlan and surrounding provinces. They are also reported to have ties to IED facilitators in Pakistan and are suspected in the murder of several civilians and government officials. The pair were arrested by Afghan forces on a Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan warrant without incident and taken by Afghan forces for processing and further questioning.