name: Taliban Sub-commander Captured During Overnight Paktika Operation
text: Taliban Sub-commander Captured During Overnight Paktika Operation
  ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-09-CA-287 For Immediate Release
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  KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 26) - Afghan and coalition security forces detained several insurgents in Paktika province Saturday, including a Taliban sub-commander involved in improvised explosive device attacks in Mata Khan district. The commander is the sixth commander in the Mata Khan Taliban network captured in the last two months.  Intelligence tips led the security force to a compound south of the village of Rowston Kheyl in Sharan district to search for the commander. Afghan forces used a loudspeaker to call for all occupants to exit the buildings peacefully and then the joint security force cleared and secured the compound.  After initial questioning at the scene, the security force identified and detained the commander along with several of his associates.  The assault force did not fire their weapons and they protected the women and children for the duration of the search.