KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces found and destroyed large weapons caches in Nangarhar and Zabul provinces yesterday.
A combined force found and destroyed a cache in the Khugyani District of Nangarhar that included: eleven 82 mm mortars, seven anti-tank mines, 23 kilograms of explosives, 23 kilograms of propellant, two recoilless rifle rounds and two remote detonators.
In the Qalat District of Zabul, a combined patrol found and destroyed a cache consisting of: twenty-one 107 mm rockets, nine rocket-propelled grenades, two anti-tank mines and an RPG launcher.