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KABUL, Afghanistan — An ISAF patrol found a large drug cache in the Reg-e Khan Neshin district of Helmand province today. The cache consisted of 1,134 kilograms (2,500 pounds) of marijuana seeds. The cache was found in a compound neighbors said had been empty for four months. The cache will be destroyed.
Insurgents often use money from drug manufacturing to fund attacks on Afghan civilians and coalition forces. Reducing this source of funding increases protection of Afghan citizens.
In the Tarin Kot district of Uruzgan province yesterday, an ISAF patrol found a 107mm rocket and three mortar rounds in an aqueduct. The cache was destroyed by an explosive ordnance disposal team.
In the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand yesterday, an Afghan-international patrol found a 51mm high-explosive rocket. The rocket was destroyed by an EOD team.
Wednesday, Afghan National Security Forces and ISAF partners captured two insurgents near Kajaki Sofla, Helmand province. The operation was conducted to capture a senior Taliban commander suspected of being responsible for procuring materials used in constructing improvised explosive devices.
During the operation the combined force received small-arms fire from insurgents and killed several insurgents during the fighting.
The joint force seized weapons including rocket-propelled grenades as a result of the operation.
No women or children were involved and no civilians were injured in the operation.
In the Bala Boluk district of Farah province Wednesday, ISAF forces received a report from the Afghan national army about a possible IED manufacturing site. When a patrol went to the site to investigate they found two large warheads, approximately 200mm in size, and two small rockets. The cache will be destroyed. In Nad-e Ali Wednesday, an Afghan-international security patrol found a cache consisting of a 107mm rocket, five 82mm mortar rounds, five rocket-propelled grenades, two recoilless rifle rounds, five anti-personnel rounds, a 12.7mm machine gun, 25 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition, and an ANA uniform. The cache was destroyed by an EOD team.
Every weapons cache discovered by Afghan and international forces reduces the means of insurgents to harm innocent civilians.
| Date Taken: | 04.09.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 04.09.2010 07:56 |
| Story ID: | 47885 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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