American Forces Press Service
July 17, 2007 – Afghan and coalition troops detained five militants today, and Afghan police found a large weapons cache yesterday, military officials reported. Credible intelligence led coalition forces to compounds in the Dih Bala district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, where they detained five men suspected of housing militants with ties to al Qaeda. Soldiers found magazines, weapons, grenades and chest racks during a search of the compounds.
"Coalition and Afghan forces are working to remove insurgents who conduct operations that threaten the peaceful people of Afghanistan and undermine the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan," Army Maj. Christopher Belcher, a coalition spokesman, said.
In other news, Afghan national police recovered a large weapons cache yesterday at a former Taliban training site during a unilateral operation in the Musa Khel district of Khowst province.
Afghan national police planned and executed the mission without coalition-partnered units, using credible intelligence, officials said.
The police recovered 10 107 mm rockets, 22 122 mm mortar fuses, 25 82 mm mortar rounds, 150 anti-aircraft rounds and 5,000 rounds of medium machine-gun ammunition.
"This operation will serve to disrupt the insurgent capabilities to conduct offensive operations in the Khowst province," Belcher said. "This newly created ANP unit has demonstrated that they can successfully produce results that increase security and stability in the region.
(Compiled from Combined Joint Task Force 82 news releases.)
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