'Iranian Weapons Cache Found In Afghanistan: US', AFP, 10 September 2009
EXCERPT: "Afghan security forces have found a cache of weapons manufactured in Iran but it remains unclear whether it indicates a renewed effort by Tehran to aid insurgents, the Pentagon said Thursday. The weapons seized last month in western Herat province included rockets, firing devices for bombs and powerful armor-piercing explosives known as explosively-formed penetrators (EFPs), the Defense Department said. 'They arrested two individuals at the time affiliated with this particular weapons cache,' spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters. It was unclear when the weapons were ferried into Afghanistan and whether the Tehran government played a role in shipping the arms, Whitman said. It was the first discovery of a cache of Iranian-manufactured weapons in Afghanistan since 2007, the spokesman said. The weapons cache was 'troubling,' given that improvised explosives are the main cause of casualties among US and other international forces, he said."
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