An Afghan-international Security Force capture suspected militants

ISAF Joint Command – Afghanistan

2009-12-CA–094

For Immediate Release
– An Afghan-international security force captured a couple of suspected militants yesterday in Kandahar province while pursuing a Taliban district commander.

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Maj. Matt Ciancarelli, the Civil Affairs Group officer for 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, kneels with Habib Omar, the head of the Kharko School in Kharko village, in Garmsir, Afghanistan, to show him the backpacks and school supplies donated by the CAG for the opening ceremony of the school Dec. 27, 2009. The Marines of the CAG, 2/2, helped hold an opening ceremony for the school after 45 days of repairs and five years of closer due to earlier fighting in Garmsir. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dwight A. Henderson)

KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 31)

The joint security force searched a vehicle near Kandahar City after intelligence indicated militant activity. The joint force stopped the vehicle without incident and detained the occupants.

Also in Kandahar last night, an Afghan-international security force detained a suspected militant while searching for a Taliban commander.

The joint force went to a compound in north Kandahar City after intelligence found militant activity. The joint force searched the compound and detained the militant.

In other operations, there were numerous IED and unexploded ordnance finds yesterday. An Afghan-international security force patrol found two 20-pound jugs of explosives in the Garm Ser district of Helmand province. The IEDs were destroyed and no one was injured. In Panjwa district of Kandahar province, a joint force discovered five artillery rounds tied together with wires in a sack. Also in the south, Afghan civilians handed over four artillery shells to ISAF forces in Nad Ali district of Helmand province.

No shots were fired and no one was harmed during any of these operations.

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