Operations across Afghanistan discover large cache of weapons, drugs and insurgents

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

07.04.2010

Courtesy Story

ISAF Joint Command

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Forces, along with ISAF partners recently completed several operations across Afghanistan. These operations were intended to protect the Afghan population by disrupting insurgents’ ability to fund and conduct operations against civilians, ANSF, and coalition forces.

On Thursday morning, an ANSF-led patrol came under attack from insurgents as they entered a remote village in southern Helmand. A large number of insurgents were killed and the patrol discovered 5,700 kilograms of narcotics, large weapons caches complete with ammunition, and IED construction and storage facilities. The narcotics were destroyed before they could be sold to fund insurgent attacks, along with the weapons, ammunition, IED's and IED components. Additionally, a Taliban detention facility was discovered and 14 Afghan civilians were freed and protected by the ANSF-led patrol, while several insurgents were detained. No women or children were present in the village.

On Friday, an ANSF, ISAF combined force stopped a vehicle at a check point in Ghazni province. Thirteen 107mm rocket warheads were seized and destroyed before they could be used against Afghan civilians, ANSF, or coalition forces.

Early Saturday morning, the senior Taliban commander for Nad-e-Ali district was killed in an ANSF and ISAF combined operation. The insurgent was known to have planned and conducted numerous suicide and roadside bombings against the Afghan people.

“These partnered operations were aimed directly at denying insurgents the funding and material they need to carry out attacks against Afghan civilians, ANSF, and international forces,” said Lt. Col. Todd Vician, an ISAF Joint Command spokesman.

No civilians were injured in any of these operations.

• Date Taken: 07.04.2010
• Date Posted: 07.04.2010 06:02
• Story ID: 52353
• Location: KABUL, AF