Image Gallery 2010

04 May 2010
1st Mentoring Task Force and Afghan National Army find weapon cache

A large cache was discovered by a partnered 1st Mentoring Task Force and Afghan National Army dismounted patrol in the Mirabad Valley region on Anzac Day.

The cache was identified by Afghan solders who observed an irregularity in the mud floor of a quala (walled housing complex). The Afghan soldiers, supported by their own engineers, conducted an assessment of the cache, secured the site and safely recovered its contents.

The large cache contained three 107mm rockets, 27 Rocket Propelled Grenades, thousands of rounds of 7.62mm ammunition of the type used in the AK47 and a small quantity of various small arms and machine gun ammunition.

Australian soldiers who observed the operation to safely recover the cached items were impressed with the capability shown by their partnered Afghan soldiers.

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An Afghan National Army soldier holds a 107mm rocket that was part of a large cache of weapons discovered by his patrol.

(Date taken: 24 April 2010)
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1st Mentoring Task Force Engineering Officer, Lieutenant Fabian Harrison, examines a 107mm rocket with an Afghan National Army soldier.

(Date taken: 24 April 2010)
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1st Mentoring Task Force Engineering Officer, Lieutenant Fabian Harrision, and a soldier from the Afghan National Army, crouch next to a large display of weapons and ammunition found in a hidden cache.

(Date taken: 24 April 2010)
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Two Afghan National Army soldiers search a haystack for a hidden cache of weapons, explosives, or ammunition.

(Date taken: 25 April 2010)
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Members of an Afghan National Army patrol crouch in front of weapons and ammuntion recovered from a cache found by their patrol.

(Date taken: 25 April 2010)
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Members of an Afghan National Army patrol, along with their Australian Mentor, crouch alongside a large display of weapons and ammunition found in a hidden cache by their patrol.

(Date taken: 25 April 2010)
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