Afghan, Coalition Forces Target Taliban Networks

American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 3, 2008 - An armed insurgent was killed and two suspected insurgents were detained during a joint Afghan and coalition operation to degrade Taliban operations in Afghanistan's Zabul province, military officials reported.

The joint force searched in the Jeldak district targeting a Taliban operative responsible for facilitating suicide IEDs and foreign-fighter networks. The targeted individual also was associated with the unlawful detention and murder of civilians, as well as extorting money, food and shelter from residents of a village in a neighboring district, officials said.

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