Soldiers in Afghanistan continue mission as 2013 arrives

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army.mil 02 Jan '13, 12pm

Soldiers in Afghanistan continue mission as 2013 arrives

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Dec. 31, 2012) -- As Americans ring in the new year, Soldiers, Afghan security forces and their coalition partners are engaged in combat, training and humanitarian operations. Fighting in Afghanistan continues, as evidenced by battlefront dispatches dated Dec. 31. It was confirmed that a top Taliban leader in the Andar district of Ghazni province was arrested by Afghan and coalition security forces, according to an International Security Assistance Force Joint Command operational update. "As one of the most senior Taliban leaders in the district, the insurgent executed tactical planning, kidnapping operations, detainee operations and strategic planning to support the Taliban insurgency. He was directly involved in attacks against Afghan and coalition forces and in contact with local Taliban leadership," the report states. Additionally, a Tali...

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