2012-06-S-051
For Immediate Release

 

KABUL, Afghanistan (June 27, 2012)
A large weapons and improvised explosive device cache was discovered in an operation conducted by a combined Afghan and coalition security force in Shahid-e Hasas district, Uruzgan province Tuesday. The cache included six rocket-propelled grenades, six IEDs, six kilograms of home-made explosive, eight AK47s, a machine gun, three grenades, and communications equipment. During the operation, insurgents attacked the security force from multiple locations.  The Afghan and coalition troops returned fire and killed a number of the insurgents and detained several others.