An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Haqqani facilitator in Sabari district, Khost province, today.

The facilitator was responsible for purchasing and selling weapons to support the insurgency. He coordinated the movement of improvised explosive device materials and ammunition to insurgents operating in the district.

The security force also detained two suspected insurgents and seized multiple firearms as a result of the operation.

In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan:

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During a time when insurgent forces typically bed down until the spring poppy harvest, Afghan National Security Forces, aided by a small group of Marine advisors, engaged multiple enemy forces during Operation New Hope, Kajaki, Afghanistan, Jan. 16 through 19.

"Combined arms" is a military term more often associated with assaults, ambushes and other dramatic actions used to close with and destroy the enemy. For engineering tasks? Not so much.

This past year in eastern Afghanistan, Fort Bragg-based combat engineers found that a combined-arms approach to sweeping for roadside bombs along the country's most important highway was the only way to go.

The United States has provided airlift support to the Algerian government in the wake of recent terrorist attacks at a natural gas plant, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told reporters.

Little confirmed that U.S. C-130 and C-17 aircraft configured for medical evacuation support moved wounded Americans and others from Algeria to Naval Air Station Sigonella on the Italian island of Sicily and to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, respectively.

Cavalry scouts are an elite group of soldiers capable of performing a multitude of complex and diverse missions. When called upon by a higher authority they become a force multiplier and the “one-two punch” a commander may need to accomplish a tough mission.

The U.S. Security Advisory Team members are learning about the Afghan culture and overcoming language barriers as they help the Afghan police force become a self-sustained police force within the Chorah district of Afghanistan.

Since November, team members under the command of Maj. Timothy Redhair and senior noncommissioned officer Sgt. 1st Class Bloom, have been helping the Afghan Uniform Police improve their service and support operations.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delivered a newly completed Afghan Uniformed Police District Headquarters to Afghan authorities, Jan. 20, in Kushk District, Herat Province.

The facility, built by an Afghan-owned and operated construction firm with oversight by the Afghanistan Engineer District-South, will provide a high-quality base of operations for 120 Afghan police specialists who have sworn to serve and protect.

During previous years, Marine artillery has been an important part of supporting Marines on the battlefield. During 2012, rocket artillery fired a record number of rounds in support of those Marines.

The High Mobility Rocket Artillery System batteries of 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, fired approximately 400 rockets in Helmand province during 2012, said 1st Lt. Robert Bohn, the operations officer with Sierra Battery, 5th Bn., 11th Marines.

Romeo Battery fired six early during 2012, Tango fired 187 up to June, and Sierra fired 207 to bring the total to 400, said Bohn.

Video by 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division