ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
2011-08-S-064

  KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 24, 2011) – A combined Afghan and International Security Assistance Force patrol detained several suspected insurgents, and discovered a weapons cache, during an operation to disrupt an insurgent network in Shindand district, Herat province, yesterday.
The targeted insurgent network is responsible for numerous attacks against ANSF and coalition forces.
The operation secured 257 sub-munitions, 19 mortar rounds, 19 fuses, 13 mortar warheads, 10 artillery rounds and a quantity of small arms ammunition. The cache was safely destroyed on site.
The detainees were taken in by Afghan Security Forces for further questioning.