Security forces discover weapon cache in E. Afghanistan-Xinhua

Security forces discover weapon cache in E. Afghanistan

Source: Xinhua| 2023-03-23 19:33:15|Editor: huaxia

CHARIKAR, Afghanistan, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan security forces have discovered and seized a weapon cache in Charikar city, capital of Afghanistan's eastern Parwan province, deputy provincial police chief Mullah Awal Haqparast said on Thursday.

According to the official, a good quantity of arms and ammunition were discovered from Topdara in Charikar's Police District 4 on Wednesday. The ammunition included mortar, mortar mines, anti-tank gun, BM1 missiles, anti-personnel mines, and thousands of bullets.

The Afghan caretaker government has rounded up thousands of arms and ammunition in different provinces over the past year.

It has vowed to collect arms from anyone living outside the security organs and crack down on criminal elements to ensure law and order in the war-torn country.

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