Commandos, USSF destroy weapon cache in Kunduz

KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN

12.31.2010

Courtesy Story

NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan

By Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan Public Affairs Office

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan – Soldiers from 1st Company, 5th Commando Kandak and Special Operations Task Force–East discovered a weapons cache during a presence patrol through Saray-i Qeslaq village, Kunduz province Dec. 31, 2010.

The partnered-force was returning from a key leader engagement in Saray-i Qeslaq, when the cache was discovered in a freshly tilled field.

The cache included more than 20 Russian and Chinese 82mm rockets, 10 recoilless rifle rounds, six rocket motors, five rocket-propelled grenade warheads with motors, a rocket launcher and miscellaneous small-arms ammunition.

The cache was destroyed on site.

• Date Taken: 12.31.2010
• Date Posted: 01.03.2011 05:26
• Story ID: 62917
• Location: KUNDUZ, AF