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KABUL, Afghanistan - An ISAF patrol found a cache this morning in the Tarin Kot District of Uruzgan. The cache contained a rocket-propelled grenade launcher with two rounds, two RPG fuel cells and multiple .50 caliber rounds. The cache was destroyed.
In Kunduz last night an Afghan-international security force searched a compound in Nowabad, in the Chahar Dara District, after intelligence information indicted insurgent activity. During the search the combined force detained several suspected insurgents for further questioning.
The patrol was searching for a Taliban commander directly involved with attacks on coalition forces and Afghans and believed to have held prisoners for the local Taliban.
In the Nad-e Ali District of Helmand province yesterday, an ISAF patrol was clearing a suspected insurgent position from a previous engagement when they discovered a weapons cache containing more than a thousand rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, nine RPG warheads and 22 kilograms (50 pounds) of opium. The cache was destroyed.
In the Spin Boldak District of Kandahar province yesterday, an Afghan national security force searched a house after intelligence information indicated insurgent activity. In the house they found 2,100 kilograms (4,629 lbs.) of ammonium nitrate, 1,775 kg. (3,913 lbs) of chemicals and 4,590 liters of acid used in heroin production.
Ammonium nitrate based home-made explosives continue to be used in the production of IEDs causing the majority of civilian and ISAF casualties in Afghanistan.
No shots were fired and no one was harmed during these operations.
| Date Taken: | 05.10.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 05.10.2010 04:03 |
| Story ID: | 49384 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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