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KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan-international security force detained a militant while pursuing a Taliban facilitator in the town of Alikhel, in the Muhammad Aghah district, Logar province this morning.
A joint security force went to a compound after intelligence found militant activity. During the search one militant was detained.
A separate Afghan-international force captured a Taliban facilitator and another militant in the village of Zur Bazar, in the Khogyani district, Nangarhar province last night.
During the search of a compound the facilitator, associated with several rocket attacks on Afghan and coalition forces, was captured. When confronted he identified himself.
Several weapons, including automatic rifles, ammunition and a quantity of drugs were found.
In a separate operation another Afghan-international force detained several suspected militants while pursuing a facilitator in east Kandahar city last night.
An Afghan-international force killed several militants while pursuing a Taliban commander near Kalacheh in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province yesterday.
The combined force targeted a pair of vehicles after intelligence indicated militant activity. During the operation, militants in the vehicle attempted to fire at the combined force. The force returned fire, killing the militants.
A search of the vehicles revealed AK-47's and pistols.
An ANSF-ISAF patrol detained several suspected insurgents and discovered a weapons cache in Nad-Ali district, Helmand province yesterday.
The weapons cache consisted of four hand grenades, two AK-57 rifles, six magazines of ammunition, one carbine rifle, 300 large-caliber machine gun rounds, and IED components. The weapons were buried in what is believed to be an insurgent staging area.
The suspects all tested positive for explosive residue and are being held for questioning by Afghan forces.
A joint Afghan international patrol detained a suspected insurgent after observing him digging in a ditch in Chorah district, Uruzgan province yesterday.
After investigating, the force discovered five 82 mm mortar rounds and a rocket where the man was digging.
An ISAF force detained a man after the search of a compound in Nurgaram district, Nuristan province yesterday revealed weapons and ANSF uniforms.
The cache consisted of a 107 mm rocket, three hand grenades, assorted IED components, 100 small arms rounds, and ANA and ANP uniforms.
The rocket was destroyed by explosive ordnance disposal.
No Afghan civilians were harmed during any of these operations.
| Date Taken: | 02.21.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 02.21.2010 08:00 |
| Story ID: | 45647 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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