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2011-11-S-018

ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan

For Immediate Release

KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 13, 2011)
A combined Afghan and coalition security force detained multiple suspected insurgents during an operation in search of a Haqqani network leader in Zarghun Shahr district, Paktika province, yesterday. The leader directs an insurgent cell in the district and is directly responsible for numerous improvised explosive device and rocket attacks against Afghan and coalition forces in the region. The security force confiscated one rifle during the operation.