name: Militants Killed and Detained in Kandahar
text: Dec. 22: Militants Killed, Detained in Kandahar, Wardak, Khowst; ISAF Casualty
  
  NEWS RELEASE ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 
  In an operation in Kandahar province today, a joint security force killed a couple of militants and detained additional militants while pursuing a Taliban commander.
  The joint force searched a series of compounds east of the village of Khaneh Gerdad in the Shah Wali Kot district after intelligence sources reported militant activity.