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Combined Force Captures Taliban Facilitator
American Forces Press Service ^

Posted on 11/17/2011 5:43:27 PM PST by SandRat

KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 17, 2011 – A combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban facilitator in the Daman district of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province yesterday, military officials reported.

The facilitator coordinated with insurgent leaders to plan and conduct roadside bomb and suicide attacks in the province.

The security force also detained two suspected insurgents.

In other Afghanistan operations yesterday:

-- A combined patrol burned a marijuana field containing about 500 pounds of the drug in the Reg-e Khan Neshin district of Helmand province.

-- In the Arghandab district of Kandahar province, a combined force seized a weapons cache containing 32 grenades and improvised explosive device components. All of the weapons were destroyed.

-- A combined patrol detained multiple insurgents and confiscated an IED in the Marjah district of Helmand province.

-- In the Qalat district of Zabul province, a combined force detained one suspect while searching for a Taliban leader. The leader coordinates the placement of roadside bombs and plans attacks across the district.

-- A combined force captured a Haqqani network facilitator and two suspects in the Sabari district of Khost province. The facilitator distributed rockets, firearms and homemade explosives, and planned attacks against Afghan forces.

-- Coalition forces seized a weapons cache containing 39 rockets, 44 canisters of propellant and three grenades in the Kahmard district of Bamyan province.

-- A combined force detained two suspects in the Pul-e ‘Alam district of Logar province. The security force also seized a recoilless rifle.

-- In the Zurmat district of Paktiya province, a combined force detained several suspects while searching for a Taliban leader. The leader constructs and stores roadside bombs and weapons, and coordinates attacks.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; captured; frwn; taliban; waronterror

1 posted on 11/17/2011 5:43:31 PM PST by SandRat
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2 posted on 11/17/2011 5:44:36 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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3 posted on 11/17/2011 5:47:17 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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Thanks SandRat.
The facilitator terrorist scumbag coordinated with insurgent leaders to plan and conduct roadside bomb and suicide attacks in the province.

4 posted on 11/17/2011 5:47:54 PM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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“combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban facilitator”

Does this mean they can’t have staff meetings and seminars anymore?


5 posted on 11/17/2011 5:50:24 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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Under intense interrogation I hope.
6 posted on 11/17/2011 5:52:39 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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They should politely ask him to tell them what he knows about the insurgentcy.


7 posted on 11/17/2011 8:37:21 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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