{
  "name": "High-level Taliban leader captured in Nangarhar",
  "eventrefnumber": "2011-02-S-022",
  "text": "ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update, Feb. 3, 2011\nISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
2011-02-S-022
For Immediate Release 
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KABUL, Afghanistan (Feb. 3, 2011) 
Afghan National Army and coalition forces captured a high-level Taliban leader in Chaparhar district, Nangarhar province, yesterday. The Afghan-led force was conducting clearing operations in the area in order to disrupt the insurgent haven. The detainee is a known insurgent financier, through an international drug smuggling network. He is also known to have facilitated the movement of foreign fighters through the district. The Afghan National Army has custody of the detainee and will question him further.",
  "StartDate": "2011-02-01",
  "eventtype": "detention",
  "province": "Nangarhar",
  "citydistrict": "Chaparhar",
  "village": "",
  "targetgroup": "Taliban",
  "commander": "",
  "position": "high-level leader",
  "minkilled": "0",
  "mincaptured": "1",
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  "killedcharacterisation": "",
  "killq": "false",
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  "airstrike": "false",
  "noshotsfired": "false",
  "dataprocessed": "true",
  "flagged": "false",
  "glossarymeta": "false",
  "minleaderskilled": "0",
  "minfacilitatorskilled": "0",
  "minleaderscaptured": "1",
  "minfacilitatorscaptured": "0","leaderq":"true"}