Coalition forces have captured a militant leader in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military reported Saturday.
He was captured in a joint raid involving Afghan police that took place on Friday in Afghanistan's Ghazni province.
No shots were fired during the raid, the military said.
The leader, who was not named, has allegedly been involved in violent attacks on Afghan and coalition forces, as well as the kidnapping of aid workers.
U.S. military officials said coalition forces also killed 10 militants in a separate set of events in eastern Afghanistan on Friday.
Coalition forces conducted a raid in Paktya province that targeted the leaders of a network led by Jalaluddin Haqqani, a militant leader whom the U.S. military said has close ties to the Taliban.
Haqqani was a former freedom fighter opponent of the Soviet Union and is now believed to be based in Pakistan, the military said.
The militants returned fire on coalition forces during the raid in Paktya province and were subsequently killed.
The U.S. military said some of those who died were Haqqani militants, others were fighters from other countries.
All of the militants who were killed were involved with the planning and coordination of suicide bombings and other bomb attacks, the military said.
It was not immediately clear if any of the targeted leaders were among the dead, a U.S.
Army spokesperson said.
Afghan police said three people had been killed in a bomb attack south of Kabul on Friday.
Two national intelligence agents and police officer were responding to another bomb attack at the time of their deaths, said regional police commander Gen. Zalmai Oryakhail.
On Saturday, police reported stopping a suicide attack in the city of Khost in eastern Afghanistan.
Police officers surrounded a suspected suicide bomber who then blew himself up.
No one else was injured in the incident, health department director Gull Mohammedan Mohammadi said Saturday.
The U.S. military reported accidentally killing a civilian during a separate incident in Zabul province.
He died when a coalition forces grenade missed its target during a fight with insurgents, the military said in a statement.
An Afghan official reported Friday that suspected Taliban militants had killed a religious leader who was previously kidnapped.
Shamsudin Agha was kidnapped Tuesday, and his body was recovered the next day.
He had previously criticized the use of suicide attacks.
The Associated Press reports that more than 5,400 people have died in insurgency-related violence in Afghanistan this year.
With files from The Associated Press
