May 9: Afghan-ISAF Operations in Southern Afghanistan
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan  2010-05-CA-033  For Immediate Release

 KABUL, Afghanistan (May 9) - 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.