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KABUL – A tip from a resident led Afghan National Security Forces and U.S. Special Operations Forces to a large weapons cache find in the Gizab District of Uruzgan province recently.
The cache contained 10 rocket-propelled grenades, 12 SPG-9 recoilles rifle rounds, 200 7.62 mm PKM machine-gun rounds and more than 20 107 mm rockets and fuses. The combined force safely destroyed the rockets and recoilless rounds on site. The ANSF kept the RPGs and PKM ammunition.
The tip came following a weekly shura where village elders and combined force representatives discuss security issues.
"Afghans in Gizab District continue to reject insurgent influence, much like they did only weeks ago," said Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Kosterman, a Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan spokesperson. "Their stand against the insurgents is a reflection of their trust in GIRoA, and that trust is continuing to spread throughout southern Afghanistan."
| Date Taken: | 06.05.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 06.05.2010 05:24 |
| Story ID: | 50906 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
| Web Views: | 694 |
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