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text: 2011-11-S-018
  
  ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
  
  For Immediate Release
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 13, 2011) 
  In Maiwand district, Kandahar province, a combined Afghan and coalition security force detained a Taliban facilitator and multiple suspected insurgents during an operation, yesterday. The facilitator operates in Maiwand district and was directly involved in a recent kidnapping of several Afghan National Army soldiers. The facilitator also provides funds, weapons and equipment to his network. The security force confiscated two pistols during the operation.