Operation “Tornado” storms through Uruzgan

From ISAF

KABUL, Afghanistan - More than a thousand Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and ISAF soldiers have swept through the Mirabad area, Uruzgan province in a successful operation against insurgents.
Code-named Operation Bor Barakai (Pashtun for “tornado”), the week-long operation saw Afghan, Dutch, British, Australian and French units working together in an effort to reduce insurgent influence and improve security.

The joint unit recovered enough homemade explosives to make more than 40 roadside bombs, and a large quantity of small arms, grenades and other munitions.

Led by the Task Force Uruzgan Commander Colonel Kees Matthijssen, the operation was designed to interrupt enemy attacks against local people, ANSF and ISAF troops. One major cache of 650 kilograms of explosives and components was found by the security forces.