KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- A U.S. soldier is being held in Afghanistan in connection with the fatal shooting of a Taliban detainee found dead in his holding cell, U.S. officials say.
Separate investigations of the detainee's death have been launched by Afghan officials and the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Officials told the Journal the detainee, Mullah Muhibullah, was "a senior leader of the Taliban network in Arghandab" district in Kandahar province.
"The detainee was shot after four or five other detainees were taken out of the holding cell," an Afghan official familiar with the investigation said. "After the shot was heard, the soldiers went to the cell and found the dead body."
Officials said the incident occurred Sunday night.
Arghandab is currently the focus of a major U.S.-led military offensive to dislodge the Taliban from its strategic stronghold in Kandahar province.
A Taliban spokesman said he had no information on the death of the detainee.
