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Insurgent facilitator seized in Oruzgan province

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  • By Combined Joint Task Force - 101
  • Combined Press Information Center
Afghan National Security forces with support from Coalition forces detained a suspected insurgent and heavy weapons facilitator today in the Tarin Kot District of Oruzgan province.

The suspected facilitator is a former Afghan National Police checkpoint commander and is accused of supplying insurgents in Oruzgan province with heavy machine guns and rockets, as well as aiding suicide bombers.

The arrest was made as part of ongoing ANSF investigations to remove corrupt individuals from positions of power.