Turning In Weapons?

Have They Had Enough?

Have They Had Enough?

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 4:32 PM

Afghans Seeking Peace, Turn-In Weapons Caches

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Afghans from Pachir village, Pachir Wa Agam District, Nangarhar Province, reported the locations of two weapons caches to Afghan National Police and Coalition forces operating near the city of Jalalabad yesterday.

Munitions consisting of two artillery rounds, 37 rocket propelled grenade rounds, two RPG boosters, 54 bomblets, 300 rounds of 12.77mm machine-gun ammunition and a bag of powder explosives were recovered from the villages of Pachir and Candibagh.

The munitions recovered are commonly used by Taliban extremists and foreign fighters to build improvised explosive devices that terrorize and kill innocent Afghan civilians and government officials.

“The Afghan populace is tired of the destruction brought about by the Taliban and foreign fighter insurgents,” said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force-82 spokesman. “Their continued effort to turn-in weapons caches is a significant indication that there is growing support for the Afghan Government.”