KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan national army detained a man with improvised explosive device materials and pictures of ISAF vehicles in the Sabari District of Khost province yesterday. An ISAF unit had seen the man emplacing an IED. An Afghan-international patrol responded and stopped him. The IED materials were destroyed by an explosive ordnance disposal team.
Last night, a joint security force searched a compound in north Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, after intelligence information indicated militant activity. During the search the joint force detained two suspected militants for further questioning.
Today, an ISAF patrol found a rocket-propelled grenade and a fuel cell under a hay stack in the Tarin Kot District of Uruzgan province. The cache was destroyed by an EOD team.
No shots were fired and no civilians were harmed during these operations.