Taliban leader detained along with multiple suspected insurgents in Nangarhar
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
2011-09-S-035

KABUL, Afghanistan (Sep. 17, 2011)
A combined Afghan and coalition security force detained a Taliban leader, responsible for several roadside bomb attacks in the region, and multiple suspected insurgents, as well as, confiscating weapons during an operation in the Khugyani district, Nangarhar province, yesterday. During the search, the force engaged what appeared to be an armed individual, resulting in the injury of a local national female. The female was wounded in the leg. She was cared for and transported, along with an escort, to a medical treatment facility by the coalition force.