KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan-international security force detained two militants as they pursued a Taliban commander in Kandahar last night.
The combined force went to a series of compounds south of Gholam od Din Khan, in the Zharay district, after intelligence information indicated insurgent activity.
As the security team approached one of the compounds two men ran away. After a lengthy chase they were caught and told the patrol they were Pakistani fighters. They also admitted they had rocket-propelled grenades and automatic rifles hidden at another location.
In Helmand last night, a combined force searched a small compound in Payan Kala, northeast of Marjah, after intelligence information indicated insurgent activity and detained several suspects for further questioning.
While patrolling in the Now Zad district of Helmand province yesterday, an ISAF patrol found 39 large stamped, packaged bags of suspected heroin. The heroin is suspected to have a street value worth $3 million. The drugs were confiscated.
In the Nad 'Ali district of Helmand yesterday, an Afghan-international patrol discovered a weapons cache consisting of an AK-47, small-arms ammunition, five magazines and a bundle of electrical wire.
No Afghan civilians were harmed in these operations.