A senior Taliban weapons facilitator was captured in Afghanistan' eastern Nangarhar province, the NATO-led ISAF forces said on Sunday, Xinhua reported.
"An Afghan and coalition security force captured a senior Taliban network facilitator named Mashahud during a security operation in Surkh Rod district, Nangarhar province, January 1," the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a press release.
"Mashahud is a well-known weapons facilitator who planned large- scale attacks against the local populace throughout the region," it said, adding that the captured Taliban facilitator has also been linked to a command wire bomb attack on Dec. 21, 2011, that left five ISAF service members dead in eastern province of Ghazni.
More than 130,000 members of ISAF, mostly Americans, have been serving in Afghanistan.
Taliban, which launched in May 2011 an offensive against Afghan and NATO forces, has yet to make any comments.
Taliban weapons facilitator captured: ISAF
A senior Taliban weapons facilitator was captured in Afghanistan' eastern Nangarhar province, the NATO-led ISAF forces said on Sunday.
