name: Detentions in Khost, including Haqqani IED cell leader
text: Dec. 7: Air Strike Hits Stronghold in Kunar
  NEWS RELEASE ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2009-12-CA-061 For Immediate Release
   In other operations today, an Afghan-international security force in Khowst province detained a Haqqani IED cell leader and several other militants after searching a compound.  The IED cell leader is responsible for constructing and emplacing IEDs and for several attacks in the area.
   The joint security force targeted a compound near the village of Kuzah Kala in the Terayzai district where intelligence sources reported the cell leader to be located.  The joint force searched the compound without incident and detained several militants, including the cell leader.  The force also recovered a number of AK-47 rifles, hand grenades and bomb-making materials.