AFGHANISTAN��" NATO says Afghan and international forces have captured a Taliban district leader after a four-hour gunbattle in Helmand province on Thursday. A NATO statement said a "large number" of insurgents were killed in the Wednesday night fighting in the remote Baghran district in the northern part of Helmand province. A number of insurgents were wounded and captured, including the Taliban district chief of Now Zad, a district southwest of the fighting. Now Zad was the scene of heavy fighting last year between the Taliban and US Marines, who say they've made progress in restoring security in the former insurgent stronghold.
