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APR. 10: AFGHAN-ISAF OPERATIONS IN KANDAHAR, HELMAND, PARWAN

NEWS RELEASE

ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan

2010-04-CA-029

http://www.isaf.nato.int/en/article/isaf-releases/apr.-10-afghan-isaf-operations-in-kandahar-helmand-parwan.html.

For Immediate Release

KABUL, Afghanistan (April 10)

An Afghan-international security force captured a Taliban improvised explosive device (IED) facilitator and several other militants in Kandahar last night.

The security force searched a compound west of Kandahar City, near Deh-e Kowehay, after intelligence information indicated militant activity.

During the search the joint force captured a Taliban IED expert responsible for leading IED emplacement teams and fixing detonators.

The capture of this expert should degrade the Taliban's IED capabilities in and around Kandahar.

The detainee may also have knowledge of local militant networks.

[Il sera donc «interrogé» intensément!]

Several other militants were also captured.

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In Helmand last night, a joint security force searched a compound in a rural area south of Marjah, in the Nawah-ye Barakzai district, after intelligence information indicated militant activity.

During the search the joint force detained several suspected militants for further questioning.

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In the Parwan Province last night, an ISAF patrol found a cache containing a 155mm artillery round, a 60mm mortar round, a 75mm round and other ammunition. The cache will be destroyed.

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In the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand Province yesterday, an Afghan-international patrol found a cache containing 1,025 kilograms of urea, a .50 caliber weapon, a machine gun, a wooden board with eight different mock-up grenades and mortars on it, small-arms ammunition, a medical kit and IED-making materials.

No shots were fired and no Afghan civilians were harmed during these operations.