Operations Across Afghanistan Discover Large Cache of Weapons, Drugs and Insurgents ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
2010-07-CA-016  For Immediate Release
  On Thursday morning, an ANSF-led patrol came under attack from insurgents as they entered a remote village in southern Helmand. A large number of insurgents were killed and the patrol discovered 5,700 kilograms of narcotics, large weapons caches complete with ammunition, and IED construction and storage facilities. The narcotics were destroyed before they could be sold to fund insurgent attacks, along with the weapons, ammunition, IEDs and IED components. Additionally, a Taliban detention facility was discovered and 14 Afghan civilians were freed and protected by the ANSF-led patrol, while several insurgents were detained. No women or children were present in the village.
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