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2013-01-S-017

KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 17, 2013)
During an operation in Daman district, Kandahar province, yesterday, an Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader. The leader planned and conducted attacks against Afghan and coalition forces and oversaw the acquisition of weapons and ammunition to insurgents in the province. At the time of his arrest, he was involved in the transfer of rockets from a weapons cache for use in an attack. 