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KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan-international force captured a Haqqani network improvised explosive device and weapons facilitator and another individual in Khost province last night.
The security force detained the facilitator, who is linked to IED attacks that have injured Afghan civilians, and the suspected insurgent during a search of a compound in Ali Shi Alaqehdari, Terazai
District.
Women and children present were protected during the search by the combined force and no damage was done to the compound.
An Afghan and coalition force detained several suspected insurgents in Kandahar province last night while pursuing a Taliban facilitator who coordinates foreign fighters, assassinations and logistical support for Taliban commanders operating in central Kandahar.
The security force went to a compound south of Pitaway, Arghandab district, to search the area. Afghan forces used a loudspeaker to call for all occupants to peacefully exit the compound.
After securing the area, the security force detained the suspected insurgents for further questioning.
Women and children present were protected by the combined security force.
An Afghan and coalition force detained two suspected insurgents in Zabul province last night.
The suspected insurgents were detained while the security force was searching a compound in Sowkhak, Tarnek wa Jaldak District.
Women and children present were protected by the combined security force.
An Afghan-international patrol discovered 1,750 kilograms of ammonium nitrate in Helmand province yesterday.
The illegal fertilizer used in making IEDs was found in 35 50-kilogram bags in Reg-e Khan Neshin District. Two individuals were detained at the site.
ISAF analysis shows that the fertilizer could have been used to make over 80 IEDs.
An ISAF patrol discovered a weapons cache in Ghazni province last night.
The cache, which was booby trapped, consisted of 50 mortar tubes, 5 mines of various types, two boxes of explosives, several AK-47s and ammunition, a long barrelled rifle, hundreds of machine gun rounds, and a large quantity of IED-making material.
| Date Taken: | 06.30.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 06.30.2010 02:39 |
| Story ID: | 52166 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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