Afghan and ISAF Troops of RC-W find a weapons and ammo cache in Zeerko Valley, district of Shindand

HERAT, Afghanistan (May 1) – In the early morning of today, the

partnership between Afghan National Army units and Italian troops of ISAF RC-W led to a successful operation aimed at countering the Insurgents’ presence in the Zeerko Valley, in the area of operations of RC-W Task Force Center.

A cordon & search operation took place in the district of Shindand, where a weapons and explosive cache was found. A number of weapons and ordnance was subsequently disposed: 9 hand grenades, 600 cartridges, 1 anti-personnel mine, 3 boxes of launcher charges, 14 fuses, 10 kg of ammonium nitrate, and some batteries.Part of the ordnance found in the cache was likely to be used to make improvised explosive devices, which constitute the main threat to innocent Afghan people or ANSF and Coalition forces. ISAF Troops ensured that the disposal was conducted without inadvertently harming non-combatant civilians.