name: 1
text: 2012-07-S-023
  For Immediate Release
   
   
  KABUL, Afghanistan (July 13. 2012)   An Afghan and coalition security force conducted a security operation to apprehend a high-level Haqqani leader in Giyan district, Paktika province, today.
   
  During the operation, the security force was attacked by a group of armed insurgents who fired at them with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. The security force returned fire and killed several of the attackers. No civilians were harmed in the exchange.
   
  The security force also detained multiple suspected insurgents as a result of this operation.