Friday, November 4
AFGHANISTAN: GUNS N' AMMO FOUND, BLOWN UP
| November 2, 2005 BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Afghan National Army soldiers and paratroopers with 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry (Airborne) discovered a cache in southern Ghazni Nov. 1. The cache consisted of weapons, ammunition, mines and documents. “This find is significant because the removal of this cache denies the enemy the capability to attack the Government of Afghanistan and kill innocent Afghan civilians,” said Col. Patrick Donahue, commander, Regional Command East. The cache held a heavy machine gun, light machine guns, assault rifles, recoilless rifles, mortar systems with mortar rounds, thousands of rounds of small-arms and light-machine gun ammunition, 135 rocket-propelled grenades, two crates of fragmentation grenades and IED making materials. The items were secured by the unit and taken to a nearby Forward Operating Base where they were destroyed. Elsewhere in Afghanistan , two other caches were turned in to Coalition forces by the ANP in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces Nov 1 and Oct. 31. Together, the caches consisted of approximately 85 rockets or rocket components, 18 mortar rounds, small-arms ammunition and artillery rounds. The cache discovered Oct. 31 was destroyed in place by an explosive ordinance disposal team, and the other cache will be destroyed at a later date. “The turn-in of these caches is a clear indication that the Afghan people are tired of war and do not support the enemy’s efforts to stymie the progress being made by the GoA ,” Donahue said. Weblog LINK |
