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KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan-international joint patrol captured a Haqqani facilitator and another militant in Paktiya province this morning.
The facilitator was captured during the search of a compound east of Rabat, in the Gardez district. He is suspected of being involved in weapons movement and purchasing communications supplies.
Another Afghan-international security force detained several suspected militants while pursuing a Taliban IED facilitator in Shah Mansur, south of Kandahar City, Kandahar province this morning.
An ISAF force detained several suspected IED facilitators after they tried to evade a checkpoint in the Reg-e-Khan Neshin district, Helmand province, yesterday. Each person possessed large quantities of cash and cell phones.
An Afghan-international combined force detained two suspected militants last night as they pursued a Taliban leader outside of Marjeh, in the Nad-e-Ali district, Helmand province after intelligence discovered militant activity.
A separate force in the Reg-e-Khan district, Helmand province found a weapons cache yesterday consisting of an RPG launcher, RPK machine gun, approximately 14 kilograms (30lbs.) of home-made explosives, and other IED materials. The cache was destroyed on site.
While on patrol, another ANSF-ISAF unit discovered a small weapons cache in Bala Boluk district, Farah province yesterday. The cache consisted of six mortar rounds, 2.5 kilograms (6lbs.) of ammonium nitrate, an antipersonnel mine, an RPG round, a car battery, two radios, and other IED making components. The items were brought to a nearby combat outpost.
A joint ANSF-ISAF patrol discovered a weapons cache consisting of 278 12.7 mm rounds and 98 anti-aircraft rounds in Nad-e-Ali district, Helmand province, yesterday. The rounds will be destroyed.
No shots were fired and no one was harmed during any of these operations.
| Date Taken: | 04.04.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 04.04.2010 04:51 |
| Story ID: | 47659 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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