-- A combined force detained numerous suspects and found and
destroyed a Taliban weapons cache in the Pul-e Alam district of Logar
province. The cache contained several rocket-propelled grenades and RPG
components, grenades, heavy and small-arms ammunition, a firearm and
bomb components. -- A combined force killed an armed insurgent
and detained several suspects during a search for a Taliban leader in
the Khugyani district of Nangarhar province. The security force also
seized and safely destroyed multiple assault rifles, several grenades
and grenade components, and some illegal narcotics and homemade
explosives. -- A combined force detained two suspects during a
search for an improvised explosive device facilitator in the Talah wa
Barfak district of Baghlan province. The facilitator is believed to
coordinate the movement of IED components throughout the district for
insurgent attacks.

In operations yesterday: -- A
combined force discovered and cleared 31 IEDs in the Panjwai district of
Kandahar province during a two-day operation. In total, the discovered
IEDs consisted of more than 200 pounds of homemade explosives.


-- Coalition patrols seized more than 1,600 pounds of opium and detained
two suspected narcotics smugglers in the Dishu and Nawah-ye Barakzai
districts of Helmand province. In both incidents, the units investigated
the area after observing suspicious activity through aerial
surveillance. The seized opium was destroyed.