Afghan Security Forces seize weapons, explosive devices in Paktika

PAKTIKA PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN

03.13.2014

Story by Chief Petty Officer Bill Mesta 

NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan

PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan— Afghan security forces seized insurgent weapons and improvised explosive devices during a presence patrol in Orgun district, Paktika province, March 13.

An Afghan Village Response Unit commander said his unit engineers breached a small, subterranean room and discovered four IEDs, 200 IED fuses, two rocket propelled grenades launchers, 14 rocket propelled grenades, a SPG-9 Russian made anti-tank recoilless rifle, seven 82 millimeter mortar rounds and a Russian made heavy machine gun along with an unknown quantity of explosive material.

The VRU also destroyed the IEDs onsite.

The Afghan led operation included coalition adviser participation.

• Date Taken: 03.13.2014
• Date Posted: 03.15.2014 05:06
• Story ID: 122059
• Location: PAKTIKA PROVINCE, AF