ISAF EOD team destroys Gulistan weapons cache

Courtesy Photo | An International Security Assistance Force Soldier clears a weapons cache found recently in Gulistan Valley, Farah province, containing 39 mortar bombs.  

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

02.17.2008

Courtesy Story

International Security Assistance Force HQ Public Affairs

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan national police and International Security Assistance Force Regional Command West forces recently discovered an weapons cache in Gulistan Valley, Farah province, containing 39 mortar bombs.

The cache was immediately handed over to ISAF Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams to clear and destroy the hazardous ammunitions.

Last January, ISAF EOD teams destroyed 64 bombs of the same type found recently. Together, more than 400 items of ordnance have already been disposed of in 2008.

Collection of illegal weapons from armed groups and individual persons is one way ISAF helps ensure security to assist in successful provincial development.

Local residents are continually encouraged to report illegally-kept weapons and explosives.

• Date Taken: 02.17.2008
• Date Posted: 02.17.2008 08:07
• Story ID: 16433
• Location: KABUL, AF