KABUL,
Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2012 – An Afghan and coalition security force
arrested a Taliban leader today in the Panjwai district of Afghanistan’s
Kandahar province, military officials reported.

The Taliban leader conducted attacks against Afghan and coalition
forces and moved weapons and explosives to other Taliban fighters in the
area. Prior to his arrest, officials said, the Taliban leader carried
out an improvised explosive device attack against Afghan forces. The security force also detained several suspected insurgents during the operation.

In other operations today:


-- In Kunduz province’s Imam Sahib district, a combined force detained
several suspected insurgents and seized weapons during a search for an
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader who finances and directs attacks
against Afghan and coalition forces. -- A combined force detained
several suspected insurgents in Helmand province’s Now Zad district
during a search for a Taliban leader who is in charge of acquiring
weapons for Taliban fighters in the province’s Marjah and Washir
districts. -- In the Pul-e Alam district of Logar province, a
combined security force detained several suspected insurgents during an
operation to arrest a Haqqani network leader who facilitates
construction of improvised explosive devices and oversees IED attacks.

In other news, Afghan and coalition officials announced today that the
insurgent leader Mullah Dost Mohammad
was one of several insurgents
arrested Aug. 20 during an operation in the Tarin Kot district of
Uruzgan province. Mohammad is a key member of an IED supply and
facilitation network in the Deh Rafshan area of Tarin Kot, officials
said. He also is responsible for IED attacks against Afghan and
coalition forces.