name: Taliban Commander Detained in Zabul
text: Dec. 15: Taliban Commander Detained in Zabul; Militants Killed in Kandahar; ISAF Casualty
  NEWS RELEASE ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2009-12-CA 070 For Immediate Release KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 15)   An Afghan-international security force detained a Taliban commander and other militants in Zabul province today. The Taliban commander is linked to IED facilitation and is responsible for several attacks in the area. The joint security force searched a compound in the provincial capital of Qalat where intelligence sources reported the commander to be located. The joint force searched the compound without incident and detained a few militants, one of whom identified himself as the targeted individual in the operation. No shots were fired and no one was harmed.