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KABUL, Afghanistan – Three insurgents were detained during an Afghan National Security Force and International Security Assistance Force operation in Nimroz province, Feb. 21.
Coalition forces tracked down a known drug courier and interdicted his vehicle. Security forces confiscated two AK-47s, one PKM machine gun and destroyed 1,543 pounds (700 kilograms) of opium.
In other ISAF news throughout Afghanistan:
South
ANSF and ISAF forces operating in Panjwa’i district, Kandahar province, found a weapons cache consisting of 2,750 PKM machine gun rounds and 190 DSHK anti-aircraft rounds.
In Ghorak district, Kandahar province, an ISAF patrol found 660 pounds (300 kilograms) of ammonium nitrate, 44 pounds (20 kilograms) of wet opium, two pistols, one shotgun, 7 40 mm rounds, six grenades, one anti-tank mine and one pressure plate.
East
An ISAF patrol in Bamyan district, Bamyan province found a weapons cache consisting of 3,000 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, 14 85 mm rockets, six grenades and a mine.
All weapons have been or will be destroyed by security forces.
| Date Taken: | 02.21.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 02.21.2011 15:16 |
| Story ID: | 65834 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
| Web Views: | 156 |
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