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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan and international partners discovered and destroyed two improvised explosive device factories in Kandahar province recently.
An Afghan-international security force found insurgents, weapons, and IEDs, during a multi-day clearing operation in the Panjwa'i
district, this week.
A large combined force searched several compounds, buildings and open fields for insurgents and their weapons after intelligence information verified militant activity in an area south of the village of Kudeza'i.
During the two-day operation, the security force found an IED factory with high explosives, mortar rounds, many active IEDs, including one planted inside a house, rocket propelled grenades and multiple automatic rifles and grenades. The illegal munitions were destroyed in place.
While conducting the search, individuals tried to engage the combined force and several were shot and killed. Several suspected insurgents were detained for questioning.
Many women and children were protected during the operation.
Afghan National Army commandos, assisted by U.S. Special Operations Forces, also destroyed a bomb factory in Kandahar province Monday, May 24.
The Afghan-led force went to an area in Kandahar province after intelligence information confirmed insurgent activity. As the combined force searched several compounds, they were engaged multiple times with small-arms, rocket and mortar fire during the 20-hour-mission. The combined force returned fire from their ground positions and from a supporting helicopter, killing several armed individuals.
During a search of the compounds, the combined force found two IEDs rigged to detonate, 16 anti-personnel mines, laboratory equipment and materials necessary for the construction of IEDs, approximately 138 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, as well as other fertilizer used in the construction of IEDs. The combined force also found numerous mines littered throughout a nearby poppy field.
The compound with the ammonium nitrate and anti-personnel mines was determined unsafe and coalition close air support was called in to destroy the materials in-place.
Afghan commandos cleared all areas of civilians before the IED factory was destroyed.
In a separate operation, an Afghan-international security force detained several individuals suspected of insurgent activity in Nimroz province yesterday.
The security team intercepted the suspects in a vehicle in a rural area in the Kash Rod district, after intelligence information confirmed insurgent activity.
| Date Taken: | 05.28.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 05.28.2010 10:07 |
| Story ID: | 50440 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
| Web Views: | 264 |
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