name: Taliban leader and associate captured in Kandahar
text: ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update June 15, 2011
  ISAF Joint Command- Afghanistan
  2011-06-S-048 
  For Immediate Release 
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (June 15, 2011)   A combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban leader and one of his associates during an overnight security operation in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, yesterday.
  
  The leader was responsible for coordinating and executing roadside bomb attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. 
  
  Following local intelligence tips, the force located the leader at a district in the compound. The force isolated the compound and commenced their search. While searching the area, the leader identified himself and was detained. Additionally, the force discovered and safely destroyed more than 20 bricks of homemade explosives. No shots were fired during the operation.