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
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Published on Mar 3 2010. 5 months ago. Filed under International News, NATO ISAF, WorldNewsVine, terrorism.
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