Afghan government troops and the U.S.-led Coalition forces during a Friday operation in Qalat district of southern Zabul Province detained four insurgents and an insurgent leader, said a statement issued Saturday by the Coalition.
The combined force found and detained five insurgents with suspected ties to the Taliban during the course of search operations, it said, adding that one of the detainees identified himself as a Zabul-area Taliban commander.
An over 50,000-strong foreign force, separately under the flag of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the U.S.-led Coalition forces, are deployed in war-torn Afghanistan, assisting in Afghan government's anti-militants and reconstruction efforts.
Rising militancy-related violence killed over 6,000 people in the post-Taliban nation last year and analysts and NATO commanders have expected an upsurge of guerrilla-style attacks by Taliban militants in 2008.
Source:Xinhua
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