ISAF Joint Command operational update

KAPISA PROVINCE

- In Tagab district, a combined patrol was engaged by insurgents with small arms fire. After gaining positive ID, combined forces returned fire to the enemy position, killing and wounding numerous insurgents.

KANDAHAR, GHAZNI AND LOGAR PROVINCES

- Combined patrols found 4 weapons and IED components caches in Panjwa’i, Bahram-e Shahid, Muhammad Aghah and Arghandab districts, during separate clearing ops. The caches consisted of 1,600 .50 caliber rounds, 1,650 12.7 mm rounds, 12 chest racks, 11 pressure plates, 260 14.5 mm rounds, 3 RPGs, 200 7.62 mm rounds, 122 82 mm mortar rounds, and several IED making electrical components.

URUZGAN PROVINCE

- A combined patrol discovered a large weapons and IED components cache in Chorah district, consisting of 30 .50 caliber, 100 .50 caliber armor-piercing rounds, 500 7.62 mm rounds, 4 AK-47s, 30 9 mm rounds, 2 guns, 3 chest racks, a radio rigged for radio command device, 6 RPGs and 2 fuses.