{ "name": "1", "eventrefnumber": "2012-04-S-034", "text": "2012-04-S-034\n\nFor Immediate Release\n\nKABUL, Afghanistan (Apr. 16) — An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation to capture a senior Taliban leader in Pashtun Kot district, Faryab province, yesterday.\n\nThe leader is the head Taliban commissioner in the province, responsible for several kidnappings, suicide attacks, roadside bombings and other attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.\n\nAs the security force moved towards the insurgents’ suspected location, the insurgents engaged the security force with AK-47s. The security force returned fire, killing two insurgents.\n\nThe security force detained multiple additional insurgents and seized an AK-47 as a result of this operation.", "StartDate": "2012-04-15", "eventtype": "captureandkill", "province": "Faryab", "citydistrict": "Pashtun Kot", "village": "", "targetgroup": "Taliban", "commander": "", "position": "senior leader", "minkilled": "2", "mincaptured": "3", "capturedcharacterisation": "multiple", "killedcharacterisation": "2", "killq": "true", "captureq": "true", "killcaptureraid": "true", "airstrike": "false", "noshotsfired": "false", "dataprocessed": "true", "flagged": "false", "glossarymeta": "false", "minleaderskilled": "0", "minfacilitatorskilled": "0", "minleaderscaptured": "0", "minfacilitatorscaptured": "0","leaderq":"false"}