ISAF Joint Command Operational Update, Jan. 19, 2011
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2011-01-S-218 2346, 2441, 2477, 2413, 2436, 2386, 2483, 2482, 2475, 2498, 2536, 2527, 2543, 2493, 2547  For Immediate Release Download PDF  KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 19, 2011) — Several insurgents were killed by Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Force during separate clearing operations in southern Afghanistan over the past 24 hours.  In Kandahar, Helmand and Herat provinces, Afghan National Security and ISAF patrols discovered several large weapons, IED-making components and drugs caches in Zharaj, Chorah, Garm Ser, Sangin, Marjah, Arghandab and Shindand districts. The caches consisted of 10 AK-47s, three full AK-47 magazines, 79 artillery fuses, 28 30 mm rounds, seven rocket-propelled grenades, 12 RPG boosters, six air bomb fuses, seven hand grenades, six 82 mm mortar rounds, 24 mortar primers, six 82 mm recoilless rifle rounds and 800 7.62 mm rounds.   The caches also contained a large quantity of drugs including 2,300 pounds (1,043 kg) of marijuana and 330 pounds (150 kg) of hashish. Coalition forces also detained one suspected insurgent related to the weapons and drugs cache confiscated in Marjah district, Helmand province.