Ten suspected insurgents have been detained during an operation of the U.S.-led Coalition forces from southern Afghanistan's Oruzgan province, the Coalition said in a statement issued late Sunday.
The arrests were made on March 8 when the troops "searched compounds in the Jawara District targeting a Taliban commander who was conducting anti-government activities," it said.
The Coalition said the detained individuals, with suspected links to Taliban insurgent networks, will be questioned, however offering no more details.
The multi-national Coalition forces, with majority a 16,000-strong U.S. troops, are deployed in Afghanistan for fighting militants and ensuring security.
The Taliban, who waged insurgency since fall from power in 2001 by a U.S.-led military invasion, have vowed to intensify their guerrilla-style attacks on the Afghan government and foreign troops in 2008 as militancy-related violence claimed over 6,000 lives in the war-torn country last year.
Source: Xinhua
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