Coalition and Afghan National Army Soldiers found four weapons' caches Monday. The first cache, which Coalition Soldiers found near Ghazni, included 80 120 millimeter mortars, 150 82 millimeter mortars, 20 122 millimeter rockets, 1,000 rounds 14.5 millimeter small arms ammunition, and 950 rounds 12.7 millimeter small arms ammunition. That cache has already been destroyed.
"Mahmoud! I told you to put that cigar out!"
"Yes, sir!"
[KABOOM!]
"Command, this is Guard Post 3! Weapons cache destroyed!" |
ANA soldiers found a second weapons cache in a house in Shindand.
"Ahmed, you want to explain this here weapons cache under yer sink?"
"It ain't mine! Honest! It was there when we bought the house!" |
The cache contained 734 anti-tank mines and fuses. They discovered the cache during presence patrols and searches of the area and have moved the cache to Shindand airfield.
| "Mahmoud! You got any o' them seegars left?" |
Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel will destroy it. Coalition Soldiers discovered a third cache this morning near Tarin Kowt. The cache included two machine guns and one sniper rifle, an anti-aircraft gun, 20 boxes of hand grenades, three 82 millimeter mortar tubes, 300 AK-47s and AKM assault rifles, 12 to 14 anti aircraft tubes and a conex military shipping container full of rocket-propelled grenades and mortar tubes. Most of the weapons are old and unserviceable. The serviceable weapons will be destroyed. Coalition Soldiers found the fourth weapons cache near Orgun-E. The cache included 75 boxes of machine gun rounds, which the Coalition Soldiers picked up.
| "Hmmm... Machinegun rounds, eh? We can use these!" |
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