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WASHINGTON, June 9, 2011 – A combined Afghan and coalition security force detained several people with suspected ties to the Taliban and destroyed explosives during an overnight security operation in the Maiwand district of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province yesterday, military officials reported. The Afghan-led force was searching for a Taliban leader who directs a Taliban cell in the district and coordinates the movement of narcotics and homemade bombs. The force found homemade explosives, bomb-making materials and an assault rifle. In other operations in Afghanistan yesterday: -- Based on intelligence reports, a combined force in Kunduz province’s Imam Sahib district detained several...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2009 – Iraqi forces, working with U.S. advisors, have arrested six suspects in connection with terrorist attacks throughout the country, military officials reported. The latest arrests came yesterday, when Iraqi special operations forces, along with U.S. advisors, arrested two suspects with court-issued warrants in Baghdad. The two are believed to be part of al-Qaida in Iraq and responsible for terrorist attacks against Iraqi government officials and security forces in the Iraqi capital. On Aug. 16, Iraqi special operations forces arrested a suspected terrorist cell leader and two other cell members in the western city of Asad in...

BAGHDAD — Coalition forces apprehended a suspected Iranian intelligence agent and an alleged associate during an operation early Friday in Qastin, approximately 30 km north of Baghdad. Acting on intelligence information, Coalition forces targeted an alleged commander of Iranian special operations in Iraq who is also believed to be involved in facilitating training of Iraqi militants at Islamic Republican Guard Corps-Quds Force training camps. In Qastin, Coalition forces approached the residence of the wanted man, where he identified himself to forces and was apprehended without incident. The suspected criminal then led forces to the location of an associate at a...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2007 – Coalition forces detained 15 suspected terrorists during operations today targeting al Qaeda leaders and their networks in the northern part of Iraq. Coalition forces in Mosul captured two wanted individuals believed to be finalizing plans for an attack on the Mosul airfield during Ramadan. The two also are suspected of conducting attacks against coalition forces. Forces captured a mortar expert near the Syrian border wanted for his suspected involvement in August attacks on Kurdish government buildings in Sinjar. The ground forces detained six other suspected terrorists during the raid and discovered a cache of weapons,...