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KABUL, Afghanistan - In Ghazni province last night, an ISAF patrol recovered a weapons cache after it was reported by an Afghan citizen. The cache contained a hand grenade, 62 mortar fuses and shotgun ammunition. The cache will be destroyed.
In the Maidan Shahr District of Wardak province last night, an ISAF patrol found a weapons cache containing a 107 mm rocket, four rocket fuses, two 82 mm mortar rounds, two mortar fuses and nine Russian-made projectile fuses. The cache was destroyed by an explosive ordnance disposal team.
An Afghan-international security force searched a compound on the southeast side of Marjah, in the Nad-e Ali District of Helmand province, yesterday after intelligence information indicated militant activity. During the search the joint force detained several suspected insurgents for further questioning.
In the Bala Boluk District of Farah province yesterday, a joint security patrol found a cache containing 500 kilograms of suspected ammonium nitrate. The cache will be destroyed.
In the Nad-e Ali District of Helmand yesterday, an Afghan-international security patrol found a cache containing seven AK-47 rifles, two shotguns, a rifle, two 9 mm pistols, various machine-gun ammunition, pressure plate initiation devices and various improvised explosive device-making materials.
Another Afghan-international patrol in Nad-e Ali found a cache containing 15 82 mm mortar rounds, a rocket-propelled grenade and two fragmentation charges each containing 11 kilograms (25 pounds) of home-made explosives. The cache was destroyed by an EOD team.
No Afghan civilians were harmed during these operations.
| Date Taken: | 03.26.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 03.26.2010 07:51 |
| Story ID: | 47240 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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