SgtJim
04-21-2011, 03:04 AM
ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan 10485
2011-04-S-059
For Immediate Release
KABUL, Afghanistan (April 20, 2011) – A suicide bomber injured a civilian while attempting to attack a coalition convoy in Bati Kot district, Nangarhar province, today.
The attacker used a vehicle homemade bomb in the failed attack, which killed the attacker and injured a second insurgent. No coalition forces were killed or injured in the incident.
Coalition forces provided medical care to the injured civilian and secured the site after the incident.
In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan:
South
A combined Afghan and coalition patrol in Chorah district, Uruzgan province discovered a weapons cache, yesterday. The cache included 645 7.62 mm rounds, 190 PKM machine-gun rounds, 15 charge bags, 20 assorted small-arms rounds, six rocket-propelled grenade warheads, six RPG fuel cells, five radios, one RPG launcher and various other weapons.
A separate cache discovered in Chorah yesterday included 100 PKM machine-gun rounds, 15 RPGs, five grenades, five RPG fuel cells and a rifle.
In Nad ‘Ali district, Helmand province, a coalition force discovered approximately 40 40 mm rounds and two 82 mm mortars, today.
East
A combined Afghan and coalition patrol in Dila wa Khoshamand district, Paktika province detained several suspected insurgents and found a weapons cache, today. The cache consisted of approximately 10 rocket-propelled grenades, an AK-47s with 12 full magazines, four grenade machine-gun rounds, two grenades and a radio.
All weapons have been or will be destroyed by security forces.
2011-04-S-059
For Immediate Release
KABUL, Afghanistan (April 20, 2011) – A suicide bomber injured a civilian while attempting to attack a coalition convoy in Bati Kot district, Nangarhar province, today.
The attacker used a vehicle homemade bomb in the failed attack, which killed the attacker and injured a second insurgent. No coalition forces were killed or injured in the incident.
Coalition forces provided medical care to the injured civilian and secured the site after the incident.
In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan:
South
A combined Afghan and coalition patrol in Chorah district, Uruzgan province discovered a weapons cache, yesterday. The cache included 645 7.62 mm rounds, 190 PKM machine-gun rounds, 15 charge bags, 20 assorted small-arms rounds, six rocket-propelled grenade warheads, six RPG fuel cells, five radios, one RPG launcher and various other weapons.
A separate cache discovered in Chorah yesterday included 100 PKM machine-gun rounds, 15 RPGs, five grenades, five RPG fuel cells and a rifle.
In Nad ‘Ali district, Helmand province, a coalition force discovered approximately 40 40 mm rounds and two 82 mm mortars, today.
East
A combined Afghan and coalition patrol in Dila wa Khoshamand district, Paktika province detained several suspected insurgents and found a weapons cache, today. The cache consisted of approximately 10 rocket-propelled grenades, an AK-47s with 12 full magazines, four grenade machine-gun rounds, two grenades and a radio.
All weapons have been or will be destroyed by security forces.