For Immediate Release
KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 20) — In Ghazni district, Ghazni province, a combined Afghan and coalition security force discovered a weapons cache during routine operations yesterday. The cache consisted of 156 mortars of varying sizes, 19 rockets, 120 artillery rounds, 535 rounds of small arms ammunition, 50 grenade fuses, 22 anti-personnel mines and 11 anti-tank grenades. Most of the weapons were destroyed on site and a portion was confiscated to be destroyed at a later date.
In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan:
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A combined Afghan and coalition security force discovered a drug cache on a routine patrol in Panjwa’i district, Kandahar province, today. The cache consisted of approximately 441 pounds (200 kilograms) of hashish. The drugs were confiscated to be destroyed at a later date.
A combined Afghan and coalition security force discovered eight improvised explosive devices during a routine patrol in Kahh Kalay district, Zabul province, yesterday. The security force requested an explosive ordnance disposal team be sent to the site, which successfully destroyed all of the IEDs without incident.
In Nad Ali district, Helmand province, a combined Afghan and coalition security force discovered a cache of IED-making materials during a routine patrol, today. The cache consisted of 64 pressure plate detonation devices, six bags of explosive materials, 14 remote detonators, five packs of electrical wire and one role of detonation cord. The security force confiscated all materials for destruction at a later date.
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