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    Coalition forces make weapons cache finds in eastern Afghanistan

    KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

    10.09.2010

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    ISAF Joint Command

    KABUL, Afghanistan - Coalition forces made three large weapons cache finds in the Paktika and Khost provinces of eastern Afghanistan Friday.

    A coalition force discovered and destroyed more than 200 kilograms of explosive material in the Yosuf Khel District of Paktika province.

    The force found nine 23kg containers of explosives in a cave.

    An explosive ordnance disposal team destroyed the explosives and sealed the entrance to the cave to deny the enemy the use of the cave as an explosives cache site.

    A joint Afghan and coalition patrol discovered two weapons cache in the Shamul District of Khost province.

    One cache consisted of 35 82mm recoilless rifle rounds, three rocket-propelled grenades and three improvised explosive devices. The second cache consisted of a 73mm recoilless rifle with eight rifle rounds, four 80mm recoilless rifle rounds, a medium machine gun and a light machine gun.

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    Date Taken: 10.09.2010
    Date Posted: 10.09.2010 08:08
    Story ID: 57811
    Location: KABUL, AF

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