Afghan, Coalition Forces Apprehend Insurgent Leader
Afghan, Coalition Forces Apprehend Insurgent Leader
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-12-S-151 For Immediate Release Download PDF   KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 14) – An insurgent leader surrendered to Afghan and coalition forces Dec. 10, in Talukan village, Panjwa’i district, Kandahar province.   Members of the 5th Battalion, 1st Afghan National Civil Order Police, along with soldiers from Special Operations Task Force South, apprehended the suspect after he and another insurgent began firing on the combined force with a PKM machine gun.   One of the men escaped, but the insurgent leader fled to a nearby compound.   The ANCOP searched the compound and found the suspect.    “The family living in the compound confirmed that he forced himself into the compound,” said the SOTF-S team leader in charge of the operation.   The insurgent was found wearing ill-fitting clothes once he surrendered, a sign that the SOTF-S team leader said showed he was trying to change his appearance to avoid detection.