(NSI News Source Info) KABUL - April 4, 2009: Afghan National Army backed by the U.S.-led Coalition Forces on Friday captured a Taliban commander and three other insurgents in Khost province of eastern Afghanistan, said a Coalition statement issued here on Saturday.
A member of Afghan Public Protection Force speaks to villagers after a graduation ceremony in Jalrez district of Wardak province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. After three weeks of training, the newest security experiment to protect Afghanistan's countryside from Taliban fighters was on display for this village in central Afghanistan's Wardak province.
The combined forces carried out an early-morning raid of a compound in the Lagharah Valley of Khost Province where they captured a mid-level Taliban commander who is responsible for facilitating suicide bombings and placing improvised explosive devices in the surrounding area, the statement said.
"Three other militants believed to associate with and aid the Taliban commander were also detained," it added. "No shots were fired and no non-combatants were harmed during this operation."
Taliban militants who staged a violent comeback four years ago have vowed to intensify attacks, mostly in the shape of suicide attacks and roadside bombings, against government interests in the conflict-plagued country in 2009.
A member of Afghan Public Protection Force speaks to villagers after a graduation ceremony in Jalrez district of Wardak province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. After three weeks of training, the newest security experiment to protect Afghanistan's countryside from Taliban fighters was on display for this village in central Afghanistan's Wardak province.
The combined forces carried out an early-morning raid of a compound in the Lagharah Valley of Khost Province where they captured a mid-level Taliban commander who is responsible for facilitating suicide bombings and placing improvised explosive devices in the surrounding area, the statement said.
"Three other militants believed to associate with and aid the Taliban commander were also detained," it added. "No shots were fired and no non-combatants were harmed during this operation."
Taliban militants who staged a violent comeback four years ago have vowed to intensify attacks, mostly in the shape of suicide attacks and roadside bombings, against government interests in the conflict-plagued country in 2009.
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