ISAF Joint Command evening operational update

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

02.21.2011

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ISAF Joint Command

KABUL, Afghanistan – Three insurgents were detained during an Afghan National Security Force and International Security Assistance Force operation in Nimroz province, Feb. 21.

Coalition forces tracked down a known drug courier and interdicted his vehicle. Security forces confiscated two AK-47s, one PKM machine gun and destroyed 1,543 pounds (700 kilograms) of opium.

In other ISAF news throughout Afghanistan:

South

ANSF and ISAF forces operating in Panjwa’i district, Kandahar province, found a weapons cache consisting of 2,750 PKM machine gun rounds and 190 DSHK anti-aircraft rounds.

In Ghorak district, Kandahar province, an ISAF patrol found 660 pounds (300 kilograms) of ammonium nitrate, 44 pounds (20 kilograms) of wet opium, two pistols, one shotgun, 7 40 mm rounds, six grenades, one anti-tank mine and one pressure plate.

East

An ISAF patrol in Bamyan district, Bamyan province found a weapons cache consisting of 3,000 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, 14 85 mm rockets, six grenades and a mine.

All weapons have been or will be destroyed by security forces.

• Date Taken: 02.21.2011
• Date Posted: 02.21.2011 15:16
• Story ID: 65834
• Location: KABUL, AF