NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894
April 19, 2004
Release Number: 04-04-17
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COMBINED FORCES COMMAND AFGHANISTAN PRESS RELEASE
KABUL, Afghanistan, April 19, 2004 -- In coordination with the Islamic Transitional Government of Afghanistan, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan continues to train the Afghan National Army, provide civil affairs support, and disrupt, deny, and destroy terrorist and anti-ITGA forces in order to establish a stable and secure Afghanistan.
Last Thursday, the Herat Provincial Reconstruction Team conducted first aid classes for the Girl Scouts at the Mehry Girl's School.
Also on Thursday, a large weapons cache was found buried between a local school and district government building northwest of Ghazni. It contained numerous #4 box mines, nearly 100 107mm rockets, a 122mm rocket, assorted mortar and RPG rounds, several type 69 Chinese bounding fragmentation mines, nearly 30 PPMISR antitank mines, multiple RTD-5 grenades, and over 500 miscellaneous fuses, which were destroyed by the Explosive Ordnance Detonation team. Also in the vicinity of Qalat, nearly 100 cases of mixed RPG and mortar rounds were found by US forces while on patrol.
This past Friday, weapons caches were also found near Qalat and Ghazni.
On Saturday, representatives from the Herat PRT distributed humanitarian aid to the local children. The Gardez PRT attended the opening ceremony of the Sahak School.
Yesterday, representatives from the Civil Military Operations Center participated in the annual Agriculture Day festivities in Ghazni City.
Today in Jalalabad, the PRT will participate in the grand opening ceremony of a school in Merkhani District. Also in Jalalabad, the first graduating class of the Afghan National Police is scheduled to have there graduation ceremony on Wednesday. Approximately 600 students will graduate.
The Qalat PRT grand opening is April 22.
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