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Insurgents killed, ammunition cache discovered in Kandahar province

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  • By Combined Joint Task Force - 101
  • Combined Press Information Center
Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces killed several insurgents and confiscated an ammunition cache in Maywand District, Kandahar province Sept. 28.

ANSF and Coalition forces were searching a remote compound where insurgent activities were suspected. During the search, a group of insurgents were spotted placing an IED alongside a road. ANSF and Coalition forces engaged the insurgents, killing two.

ANSF and Coalition forces then received small-arms fire from a nearby fighting position. They returned fire on the enemy fighting position, killing one insurgent.

During the search, a cache consisting of more than 1,000 small-arms rounds was confiscated.

No ANSF, Coalition forces or civilian casualties have been reported.