In August 2010, anti-government forces established a checkpoint and captured one soldier and one policeperson.[15] Then in October, a NATO operation killed the Taliban district leader.[16] Three years later on 8 February 2013, ISAF captured an IMU leader who was assisting in planning a high-profile attack.[17] Later in 2015, the Taliban claimed to have taken the district, but officials said that was untrue.[18]