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Operation Moshtarak | Weapons cache discovered in Helmand Province

Kabul, Afghanistan (Mar 3) – While on patrol an Afghan-international patrol located a weapons cache  in Nad-e Ali district of Helmand Province.

The cache consisted of two 23mm artillery shells, four rocket-propelled grenades, an 81mm mortar, a 105mm mortar, a 107mm mortar, two metal rods packed with home-made explosives (HME), two 18 liter jugs filled with HME, 18 kilograms of loose explosives, 1 kg of TNT, .5 kg of propellant, and 20 pressure plates.

The entire cache was destroyed.

A joint patrol in the Chorah district of Uruzgan Province found another weapons cache. This cache contained two bas of HME, a bag of black powder, eight 303 rounds, and an improvised explosive device (components). This cache will also be destroyed.

Another patrol in the Kash Rod district of Nimroz Province found a drug cache containing 2 kg of amphetamines, .5 kg of opium, and 18 liters of acid. This stash was destroyed.

source: ISAF Joint Command – Afghanistan

rgrone Posted by on March 3, 2010. Filed under International News,NATO ISAF,terrorism,WorldNewsVine. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
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