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KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan-international security force discovered an IED factory and detained two suspected insurgents while pursuing a Taliban commander in Helmand province last night.
As the combined force searched a compound in the village of Do Sang, Now Zad District, they uncovered the IED factory. The team found two assembled IEDs, multiple pressure plates and dozens of rocket
propelled grenades. RPGs are often disassembled so their explosives can be used in IEDs.
As the joint force searched the area, they came under small-arms and RPG fire. The force restrained return fire out of concern of possible civilian casualties, and no civilians were injured.
In a separate operation, Afghan national security forces with their ISAF partners seized a large quantity of drugs and killed several suspected insurgents while conducting an operation in Helmand province yesterday.
When the combined force stopped a suspect vehicle approximately 40 kilometers north of the Pakistan border, several armed men fled and then concealed themselves in nearby positions. They ignored numerous Afghan police verbal warnings issued in local dialects, and were killed after presenting a threat to the combined force.
The patrol discovered 2,250 kilograms of opium resin, 150 kg of wet opium, 60 kg of morphine, 20 kg of heroin, two assault rifles and two pistols. All narcotics were destroyed on site and no civilians were injured in the operation.
In Chorah District, Uruzgan province, an ISAF patrol confiscated a weapons cache yesterday.
The cache contained six hand grenades, three grenade fuses, nearly 1,000 7.62mm rounds, 50 machine gun rounds, two AK-47s, a pistol, a radio and several types of magazines and weapon holsters.
| Date Taken: | 05.09.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 05.09.2010 04:38 |
| Story ID: | 49341 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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