“ PRT and STB were involved with three consecutive days of meetings involving the capture/arrest of Zabid Zahir by ODA. The day following the arrest, PRT CDR received a call from UNAMA Chief of Office regarding a meeting with the Provincial Council in which the PC proclaimed that they had lost their patience with the ANSF and Coalition Forces regarding the conduct of night raids and arrests, especially recent incidents involving PC members (a PC members home was searched during a recent CN operation in Achin) . ”

“ I contend that the entire situation is directly connected to the recent arrest of influential Sherzad elder, Zabid Zahir, father of PC member Tahir Omar. The day after Zahirs capture, 10 Sherzad elders met with PRT & STB CDRs and ODA to discuss the arrest. The following day the ten Sherzad Elders met with the Dep Gov to register their complaints and concerns with Zahirs arrest and detention. ”