Afghan Police Arrest Insurgent Commander
Afghan Police Arrest Insurgent Commander
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-09-AO-099  For Immediate Release   KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 8) - An insurgent commander was detained in Uruzgan province yesterday thanks to a group of concerned Afghan citizens.   The insurgent was taken into custody by a group of citizens - including government officials. They turned him over to a joint Afghan and coalition security force.   The citizens said the insurgent commander planned, directed and executed several attacks in the local area. They also said he had routinely intimidated and threatened many citizens who work for, or with coalition forces.   Afghan officials determined the insurgent was wanted for supplying improvised explosive devices, directing suicide bombers and conducting attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.   "Afghan citizens are tired of being bullied by Taliban insurgents," said U.S. Air Force Col. James Dawkins, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director. "Afghans' want to go about their lives free from fear of reprisal by anti-government forces."