Suspected Insurgents Detained in Helmand Province
Suspected Insurgents Detained in Helmand Province
 ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-08-CA-241  For Immediate Release Download PDF    KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 20) - Afghan and coalition forces conducted a combined operation resulting in the detention of more than 10 individuals with suspected insurgent links in Sangin, Helmand province today.   The target of the operation was a Taliban commander who is a key coordinator of insurgent operations in Helmand. He is also responsible for daily operations in an improvised explosive device factory in Sangin.   "The detention of this commander will severely degrade the attack and facilitation network in Sangin. This detention could also provide significant leads on IED and weapons facilitation routes throughout Helmand," said U.S. Army Col. Rafael Torres, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director.
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Taliban 'judge is Out' in Helmand
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-08-CA-329 For Immediate Release
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 KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 29) - Afghan and coalition forces detained more than 10 suspected insurgents during a combined operation to detain a senior Taliban commander Aug. 20.  During subsequent questioning from Afghan and coalition forces, an alleged Taliban judge was discovered to be among the group of insurgents detained.  One of the detainees, Mullah Sazuddin, is an alleged senior Taliban judge for Gereshk District, Helmand province. He is known by locals as the "Taliban Death Decider," and has been reported to preach anti-government and anti-coalition rhetoric.  Detainees stated it is common for him to declare infidels allied to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan should be killed and local Afghans and Taliban should kill anyone who takes so much as a 'stick of candy' from the International Security Assistance Force.  During questioning by Afghan and coalition forces, Sazuddin admitted to being a Taliban judge. Other detainees affirmed that Taliban officials would bring local Afghan citizens before the Mullah to be tried for violating Taliban law.  "The jury is in, the judge is out and justice has been served," said U.S. Army Col. Rafael Torres, ISAF Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director. "We've just abolished part of an illegal justice system in this country."