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KABUL, Afghanistan - Several suspected militants were detained by an Afghan-international security force in Kandahar province last night.
The combined force searched a compound in Kuh-e Kabutor Khan, in the Zharay District, after intelligence information indicated insurgent activity, and detained the suspects for further questioning.
No shots were fired and no Afghan civilians were harmed during the operation.
ISAF forces engaged a large group of insurgents who had attacked Afghan National Security Forces in the Murghab District of Badghis province yesterday. During the fighting, which lasted several hours, Afghan and international forces fired several mortar rounds and dropped two precision-guided munitions on insurgent positions. Multiple insurgents were killed and wounded. There were no ISAF or ANSF casualties in the engagement.
No Afghan civilians were harmed in the operation.
In the Kajaki District of Helmand province yesterday, an ISAF patrol discovered a weapons cache consisting of four grenades, 375 kilograms (826 pounds) of small-arms munitions, two 40mm rounds and five mini flares. The cache was destroyed.
In the Musa Qalah District of Helmand yesterday, an Afghan-international patrol found several daisy-chained improvised explosive devices with various amounts of homemade explosives.
An explosive ordnance disposal team destroyed the devices.
An ANSF patrol found a cache containing 16 pieces of unexploded ordnance in the Nahr-e Shahi District of Balkh province yesterday. The cache will be destroyed.
| Date Taken: | 05.19.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 05.19.2010 05:41 |
| Story ID: | 49926 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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