name: Several suspected insurgents detained in Kandahar
text: ISAF Joint Command Operational Update Dec. 21, 2010
  ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 2010-12-S-251 2734, 2760, 2805, 2856  For Immediate Release Download PDF  KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 21, 2010)   Several suspected insurgents were detained and two caches were discovered by Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance Forces in separate clearing operations in southern Afghanistan over the last 24 hours. An Afghan Border Police and ISAF patrol found a drugs cache in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, consisting of 992 pounds (450 kilograms) of hashish. In the same district, during a separate clearing operation, an Afghan Border Police patrol found a large chemical explosive components and drugs cache consisting of 33,000 pounds (15,000 kg) of ammonium nitrate and approximately 1,322 pounds (600 kg) of hashish. Afghan Border Police detained several suspected insurgents found in possession of the explosives and drugs.