ISAF Joint Command- Afghanistan
2011-06-S-102
For Immediate Release


KABUL, Afghanistan (June 29, 2011)
A combined Afghan-led operation discovered a weapons cache in Nizam-e Shahid district, Herat province, yesterday.

The cache was discovered hidden in a truck and consisted of 207 antipersonnel mines, 7,716 pounds (3,500 kgs) of homemade explosives, 772 pounds (350 kgs) of aluminum powder, five suicide vest, 1,181 feet (360 meters) of detonation cord, 20 electric blasting caps, 100 radio frequency transmitters and receivers and various IED making materials.

During the operation one man was detained and all the items were seized by Afghan forces.