Taliban Leaders Captured

Another of many good stories coming out of Afghanistan that the major media just don't - and won't - report. One commenter put it succinctly: "Why am I not surprised the only places I was able to find this were here, Free Republic, and the DoD?" An excerpt from "Afghan Commandos Capture Taliban Leaders": Afghan national police forces assisted by the army's 203rd Commandos also arrested a suspected deputy Taliban commander during the operation. Evidence points to him being involved in several direct attacks in the Sabari district, and he was implicated in destroying the Zambar village school. In addition, according to reports, he was responsible for a number of IED attacks that killed several Afghan national police officers. Several other insurgents were captured, including a suspected insurgent responsible for providing financial support to IED cells in the Sabari district. Another suspected insurgent was implicated in stealing from Afghan government employees, transporting weapons, assisting IED-placement facilitators, and delivering terrorizing "night letters" to intimidate local villagers. FULL STORY at BlackFive...