2011-10-S-013
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 7) — A combined Afghan and coalition security force detained multiple suspected insurgents and discovered a bomb cache during an operation in search of a Taliban leader in Musa Qal’ah district, Helmand province.

The security force safely destroyed 600 pounds (272 kilograms) of homemade explosives, multiple rockets, land mines, pressure plate bombs, and rocket-propelled grenades on site.

The leader facilitates murder and intimidation campaigns against local nationals in the southern Musa Qala district, as well as, conducts direct fire, roadside bomb and suicide attacks against Afghan forces.