An Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance force patrol secured and destroyed approximately 1,000 kilograms of homemade explosives during an operation in Ghazni province, Thursday.

Multiple intelligence reports and tips from local citizens led the combined security force to the explosives cache, which was rigged to explode.

The combined patrol enlisted an ISAF explosive ordnance disposal team to safely disarm the explosives and destroy the cache on site.

An Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance force patrol located two narcotics laboratories, drugs and detained one man during an operation in southern Helmand province, Thursday.

During a search of the laboratories the patrol found 600 kilograms of hashish, drug manufacturing equipment, packaging materials and improvised explosive device components.

An Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance forces patrol killed several insurgents and detained numerous others during an operation in Nahr-E Saraj District, Helmand province, Wednesday.

Multiple intelligence reports and tips from local citizens led the joint force to a compound associated with a Taliban leader who commands approximately 40 fighters and is responsible for numerous attacks against ANSF and ISAF in Babaji Marjeh.

An Army aviation brigade from Fort Riley, Kan., deployed to Iraq this March to provide mobility and security for ground forces here, but one of the unit’s unofficial missions is possibly its most important: maintaining a healthy, visible relationship with Iraqi army aviators.

While there are no policies requiring partnerships between U.S. and Iraqi army aviation units, a senior Army aviator serving at U.S. Forces-Iraq recently called them “essential to the success of Iraqi aviation.”

For the 1136th Transportation Company, providing base security is not the typical mission for this Maine Army National Guard unit, but it’s a mission they have taken on to protect servicemembers stationed throughout the Kabul Base Cluster in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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An Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance force patrol seized 600 kilograms of wet opium and discovered two drug labs in Maiwand district, Helmand province, Tuesday.

The joint patrol was in the vicinity of Wushtan village when they noticed a suspicious area. Further investigation of the area revealed two narcotics laboratories.

During a search of the laboratories, the patrol discovered 600 kilograms of opium. The laboratories and narcotics were destroyed on site.

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A large number of explosive devices were discovered by International Security Assistance Forces in Kandahar province Wednesday.

A local man who turned in devices Tuesday, returned to a combat outpost with 60 additional directional fragmentation charges. All of the devices contained detonation cord.

The charges will be combined with the 65 devices the man previously turned in and be safely destroyed.

In the early morning hours of Oct. 8, U.S. and Afghan National Army Soldiers conducted a successful air-assault operation in the mountains of Khowst Province, resulting in the location and destruction of two insurgent weapons caches.

The operation, named "War Old Coffee," came after weeks of intelligence gathering, planning and mission rehearsals by U.S. Soldiers of Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, with assistance from their ANA partners.