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KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan-international security force captured a senior Taliban commander and another insurgent in Baghlan last night.
The combined force searched a compound in a rural area of the Baghlan-e Jadid district after intelligence information indicated insurgent activity, and captured the commander and other militant.
The Taliban commander is responsible for weapons smuggling, distribution, passing intelligence reports and direct attacks on coalition forces. When he was confronted by the combined force he immediately surrendered and identified himself. Several weapons were found in the compound.
In Kandahar last night, a joint security patrol searched a compound in Bibi Hava Kalacheh, in the Kandahar district, after intelligence information indicated insurgent activity. During the search the patrol captured a Taliban commander responsible for procuring and emplacing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and ambushes of coalition force convoys.
An Afghan National Army patrol found a weapons cache in a field in the Nad 'Ali district of Helmand province yesterday.
The cache consisted of 14 grenades, four rocket-propelled grenade boosters, 40 pull pins, 30 rounds 12.7mm ammunition, and an estimated 1,000 rounds of small-arms ammunition. An ISAF explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team destroyed the cache.
Also in the Nad 'Ali district yesterday, an Afghan-international patrol found a cache containing 150 kilograms (330 pounds) of ammonium nitrate and an AK-47 rifle with ammunition. The ammonium nitrate was destroyed and the weapon was confiscated by Afghan authorities.
Ammonium nitrate is a common ingredient used in IEDs, which are responsible for many civilian injuries and deaths each year in Afghanistan.
In the Musa Qal'ah district of Helmand yesterday, a joint patrol searched a compound after intelligence information indicated insurgent activity. The patrol discovered 75 kg (165 lbs) of ammonium nitrate, a shotgun, a 22 caliber rifle with scope, along with a significant
amount of heroin, hashish and opium. The owner of the cache was detained by Afghan authorities. The cache will be destroyed.
| Date Taken: | 05.20.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 05.20.2010 04:48 |
| Story ID: | 49988 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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