weapons are being smuggled in from Iran with their support.

operations intensifying in Afghanistan to eliminate the terrorist threat against both the government and citizens of Afghanistan, a captured facilitator has provided information that weapons are being smuggled in from Iran with their support.Afghan-international forces are preparing a major push into Kandahar Province to dismantle yet another Taliban/terrorist movement designed to disrupt the peace process in Afghanistan. Kandahar City was prior to the operations that ousted the Taliban from control the center of the Taliban government.Reports regarding the quality and quantity of the weapons vary from sophisticated weapons to weapons that would not cause major problems for coalition forces.Within the last few weeks, a large number of weapons caches have been discovered in and around Kandahar Province along with, an increase in the capture of Taliban sub-Commanders, and suspected insurgents.
Most of the activities regarding Afghan-international security forces have been centered in, and around the Helmand Province. The Nahr-e-Saraj district according to press releases has been particularly active. In a press release today, reports that a patrol in the area had received intelligence regarding a possible hideout used by insurgents, forces searched the location and discovered another larger weapons cache consisting of 300 machine-gun rounds, components of an RPG and a recoilless rifle round.In the Khost Province a Haqqani facilitator was captured. The facilitator was suspected to having been involved in the manufacture of IED’s and intelligence operations against coalition forces.
In other operations in Uruzgan Province last night, a weapons cache containing a rocket-propelled grenade, six 81mm mortar rounds and two 82mm mortar rounds. The cache was destroyed.