Insurgent leader captured in Helmand
ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update, March 3, 2011
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2011-03-S-011 For Immediate Release   KABUL, Afghanistan (March 3, 2011) — Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance Forces today, confirmed the capture of an insurgent leader in Lashkar Gah district, Helmand province, Feb. 26.  The targeted insurgent, Maulawi Forqani, was a supplier and user of explosives and was in control of a suicide bomber who was ready to detonate himself in a number of locations in the Lashkar Gah area.  The Afghan and coalition detention operation was conducted during a clearance of a known insurgent compound. The aim of the operation was to disrupt trafficking of narcotics and weapons in the area. During the operation a call out was conducted by the Afghan security forces, and males in the compound were separated from the women and children. Positive identification was made on Maulawi Forqani and he was detained. No civilians were injured during the conduct of this operation.

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ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update, March 7, 2011
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2011-03-S-021 For Immediate Release   KABUL, Afghanistan (March 7, 2011) – Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance Forces confirmed yesterday, the capture of an insurgent leader in Lashkar Gah district, Helmand province, 26 February.  The insurgent leader has lead rifle and improvised explosive device attacks and extorted money from Afghans in Lashkar Gah, Nad’ Ali and Nahr-e-Saraj districts. These attacks include the recent incident in Lashkar Gah involving an IED concealed in a rickshaw that wounded several Afghan citizens. 