Afghan-ISAF Forces Discover Weapons Cache in Helmand Province

5/10/10 | ISAF Public Affairs Office

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ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-05-CA-037 For Immediate Release

KABUL, Afghanistan (May 10) -

An ISAF patrol found a cache this morning in the Tarin Kot district of Uruzgan. The cache contained a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher with two rounds, two RPG fuel cells and multiple .50 caliber rounds. The cache was destroyed.

 In Kunduz last night an Afghan-international security force searched a compound in Nowabad, in the Chahar Dara district, after intelligence information indicted insurgent activity. During the search the combined force detained several suspected insurgents for further questioning.

 The patrol was searching for a Taliban commander directly involved with attacks on coalition forces and Afghans and believed to have held prisoners for the local Taliban.

 In the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand Province yesterday, an ISAF patrol was clearing a suspected (Taliban fighters') position from a previous engagement when they discovered a weapons cache containing more than a thousand rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, nine RPG warheads and 22 kilograms (50 pounds) of opium. The cache was destroyed.

 In the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar Province yesterday, an Afghan National Security Force searched a house after intelligence information indicated insurgent activity. In the house they found 2,100 kilograms (4,629 lbs.) of ammonium nitrate, 1,775 kg. (3,913 lbs) of chemicals and 4,590 liters of acid used in heroin production.

 Ammonium nitrate based home-made explosives continue to be used in the production of IEDs causing the majority of civilian and ISAF casualties in Afghanistan.

 No shots were fired and no one was harmed during these operations.

May 9: Afghan-ISAF Operations in Southern Afghanistan

5/8/10 | ISAF Public Affairs Office

ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan

2010-05-CA-033

 KABUL, Afghanistan (May 9, 2010) -

An Afghan-international security force discovered an IED factory and detained two suspected insurgents while pursuing a Taliban commander in Helmand Province last night.

As the combined force searched a compound in the village of Do Sang, Now Zad district, they uncovered the IED factory. The team found two assembled IEDs, multiple pressure plates and dozens of rocket propelled grenades. RPGs are often disassembled so their explosives can be used in IEDs.

As the joint force searched the area they came under small arms and RPG fire. The force restrained return fire out of concern of possible civilian casualties, and no civilians were injured. In a separate operation, Afghan national security forces with their ISAF partners seized a large quantity of drugs and killed several suspected insurgents while conducting an operation in Helmand Province yesterday.

When the combined force stopped a suspect vehicle approximately 40 kilometers north of the Pakistan border, several armed men fled and then concealed themselves in nearby positions. They ignored numerous Afghan police verbal warnings issued in local dialects, and were killed after presenting a threat to the combined force.

The patrol discovered 2,250 kilograms of opium resin, 150 kg of wet opium, 60 kg of morphine, 20 kg of heroin, two assault rifles and two pistols. All narcotics were destroyed on site and no civilians were injured in the operation.
 
In Chorah district, Uruzgan Province, an ISAF patrol confiscated a weapons cache yesterday.

The cache contained six hand grenades, three grenade fuses, nearly 1,000 7.62mm rounds, 50 machine gun rounds, two AK-47s, a pistol, a radio and several types of magazines and weapon holsters.

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10 Taliban killed by US, Afghan forces

The Daily News, Pakistan,

Monday, May 10, 2010

HERAT:

US and Afghan forces killed 10 Taliban in a raid in western Afghanistan after they beheaded four guards working for the US military, the Afghan army said on Sunday.

US and Afghan soldiers fought with the Taliban fighters on Saturday in the district of Shindand, the commander of Afghan army commando forces in western Afghanistan told AFP.

“The Afghan army with the US Marines launched an operation against (Taliban fighters) as a result of which 10 Taliban were killed,” said Zainudin Sharifi. NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has a military base in Shindand, part of the relatively peaceful province of Herat, which shares a long border with Iran.

Sharifi did not say when the insurgents had captured and beheaded the four Afghan guards. afp

Two Britons killed, two wounded in Helmand

HELMAND, May 10, 2010 -

A blast in Helmands tore through a group of on-foot British soldiers on Sunday (May 09), killing two besides wounding another. mujahideen officials said.

3 dead, 2 hurt as vehicle of puppet ANA exploded in bombing in Helmand

Monday, 10 May 2010 08:57 Qari Yousuf Ahmadi

 HELMAND, May 10 -

A blast in the province's Gerishk district hit and destroyed a military vehicle of Afghan Army (ANA) on Sunday (May 09), killing about  3 soldiers as well as wounding another two who, after the incident, were evacuated by a helicopter.

Mujahideen clash combined NATO-Afghan troops in Zabul

Monday, 10 May 2010 08:57 Qari Yousuf Ahmadi

ZABUL, May 10 - 

Sunday's battle erupted after a joint Afghan-NATO ground troops, who were on an attack mission, came under Mujahideen attack in the province's Daeechopan district in the afternoon hours of the day, on May 09, 2010.

The report indicates at least 4 foreign soldiers were killed with 5 badly injured and 3 Afghan soldiers were hurt in the 3-hour long gunfight, adding that after suffering deadly losses and severe damages the Afghan-NATO ground troops retreated from the area, leaving a sizable amount of ammunition and arms behind.

13 Afghan-NATO soldiers killed in Ghazni

Sunday, 09 May 2010 18:00 Zabihullah Mujahid

GHAZNI, May 09 -

Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan waylaid a combined military convoy of an Afghan-NATO force in the district of Qarabagh, Ghazni, killing about 13 Afghan and NATO soldiers traveling in two vehicles targeted by Mujahideen's rockets on Sunday morning.

6 dead in Ghazni province

Sunday, 09 May 2010 17:54 Zabihullah Mujahid

 GHAZNI, May 09 -

On early Sunday (May 09), Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate, in an attack on a foot patrol of Afghan soldiers in Ghazni's Muqur district, killed 6 soldiers who were on an operation against Mujahideen in the area.

9 dead as five logistical of vehicles of US-NATO troops destroyed in Ghazn

Sunday, 09 May 2010 17:54 Zabihullah Mujahid

GHAZNI, May 09 -

At least 6 escort security guards were killed yesterday, as Mujahideen attacked a logistical convoy of US-NATO forces in Ghazni's Andar district.

According to the report, three logistical trucks with a military vehicle were hit and destroyed by Mujahidee's rockets besides the stated fatalities.

A little over an hour later, another military vehicle of the same convoy got hit and destroyed by an IED blast, killing another 3 security guards in the same area.

Police check post overrun in Nangarhar

Sunday, 09 May 2010 17:53 Zabihullah Mujahid

NANGARHAR, May 09 -

Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate overran and wiped out a police check post in Pacheer Agam district of Nangarhar province yesterday.

At least 3 police were killed in the attack, whereas Mujahideen seized a sizable amount of ammo and arms from the enemy.

Mujahideen shoot down US drone/ pilotless spy plane in Kunduz city

Sunday, 09 May 2010 16:30 Zabihullah Mujahid

 KUNDUZ, May 09 -

A US unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or politless spy plane got shot down while at a low altitude, causing the drone to fall down in the area. The wreckage of the plane is said to have still remained at the crash site.

US-NATO forces suffer more losses in Helmand

Sunday, 09 May 2010 16:25 Qari Yousuf Ahmadi

HELMAND, May 09 -

A blast near Lashkar Gah city, the capital of Helmand province killed some 4 policemen and wounded two others on Sunday morning, May 09, 2010.

Similarly, in the afternoon hours of the day (today), as many as 9 Britons got killed or injured in a clash with Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate in the provinces Gerishk district, whereas a Mujahid, too, has been hurt during the fighting.

In another news from this province, at least 7 US-NATO soldiers, who had been airdropped into the area, were killed or injured in a mine blast yesterday as it exploded as soon as the foreign invaders got into a deserted compound in Nowzad district of Helmand.

In another incident, the US-NATO soldier after receiving deadly losses at the hands of Mujahideen, fled the area by helicopters, while they picked up two civilians and carried them along.

Separately, Mujahideen killed one foreign soldier and wounded another in Marjah district when a group of US-NATO soldiers encountered an ambush attack on Sunday morning.

The report adds at least two Afghan and NATO soldiers have been killed with another two hurt over the past 24 hours near the district center of Sanging district.

French armored tank eliminated in Kapisa

Sunday, 09 May 2010 16:23 Zabihullah Mujahid

 KAPISA, May 09 -

A roadside bomb explosion targeted a French military tank in Tagab, Kapisa province, on later Sunday afternoon, May 09, 2010, Mujahideen officials said. The tank has been reported to have completely destroyed, killing all the French soldiers on board.

US-NATO tank blown apart by IED blast in Zabul

Sunday, 09 May 2010 16:23 Qari Yousuf Ahmadi

 ZABUL,  May 09 - 

About 5 to 6 soldiers of US-NATO forces got killed on later Sunday (May 09) as their military tank hit a roadside bomb in the city of Kalat, the capital of Zabul province, our reporter said from the area.

At least 6 Canadians killed, 5 wounded in Kandahar city

Sunday, 09 May 2010 16:21 Qari Yousuf Ahmadi

 KANDAHAR, May 09 -

A morning blast tore through a group of Canadian soldiers in Kandahar city, killing some 6 Canadians as well as wounding 5 more on Sunday, May 09, 2010, Mujahideen officials said.

According to the report, the blast was so powerful that it threw away the mutilated parts of the bodies of the soldiers around the area.

In another report from Kandahar city, Maulwi Abdul Hai, a personnel of National Directorate of Security (NDS), local spy agency of US-NATO forces got killed in a guerrilla attack by Mujahideen last night.

Mujahideen kill 4 soldiers in Kandahar

Sunday, 09 May 2010 16:20 Qari Yousuf Ahmadi

KANDAHAR, May 09 -

Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate, in an ambush attack in Kandahar Zhari district, killed 4 soldiers, destroying their vehicle and seizing their weapons and ammo.