{
  "name": "Taliban leader and two associates detained in Kandahar",
  "eventrefnumber": "2010-12-S-107",
  "text": "Forces Root Terrorists out of Helmand, Kandahar Provinces\nISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
2010-12-S-107
For Immediate Release
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KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 10) – Afghan and coalition forces continued to disrupt terrorist activities and put pressure on Taliban networks during two security operations in Helmand and Kandahar provinces yesterday.

Afghan and coalition forces captured a terrorist leader and two additional suspects, during an operation in Kandahar’s Arghandab district.

The targeted individual was a leader in the Senjaray Taliban network responsible for coordinating attacks on coalition forces. He had direct involvement in and knowledge of improvised explosive device attacks in the district.

Forces tracked the individual to a targeted location in Arghandab where Afghan forces used a loudspeaker to call the occupants out of the buildings peacefully before conducting a search. The security team detained the individuals based on initial questioning at the scene.
 The joint security teams conducted the operations in the hours of darkness to minimize the risk to local citizens. No women or children were injured or detained during these operations. The security forces conducted the operations without firing their weapons.",
  "StartDate": "2010-12-09",
  "eventtype": "detention",
  "province": "Kandahar",
  "citydistrict": "Arghandab",
  "village": "",
  "targetgroup": "Taliban",
  "commander": "",
  "position": "leader",
  "minkilled": "0",
  "mincaptured": "3",
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  "killedcharacterisation": "",
  "killq": "false",
  "captureq": "true",
  "killcaptureraid": "true",
  "airstrike": "false",
  "noshotsfired": "true",
  "dataprocessed": "true",
  "flagged": "false",
  "glossarymeta": "false",
  "minleaderskilled": "0",
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  "minfacilitatorscaptured": "0","leaderq":"true"}