Massive weapons cache seized in Afghanistan 9 R) p" Q1 S/ P Thousands of rockets， mortars and anti-aircraft ammunition have been seized in central Afghanistan in the largest cache of militant weapons discovered in months， a government spokesman said Sunday ; N- B: h* u) ]# ^) j& T The arms were to be used to subvert crucial legislative elections on Sept 18， Defense Ministry spokesman Gen Mohammed Saher Azimi said' o( E2 e W# {# s
The raid in Ghazni province‘s Khogyani district Saturday netted some 2，000 surface-to-surface rockets， 3，000 mortar rounds， 500 artillery shells and 100 boxes of anti-aircraft bullets， he said& W" ^- H. P5 p
"The enemy planned to use them to sabotage the elections，" Azimi said "This was a very important operation to prevent the killing of civilians"; J. v! q2 x9 j
He declined to give any other details about the find， including whether the Taliban were suspected to have stockpiled the cache or whether anyone had been arrested0 x& N# u( j( U
Afghan officials have warned that the Taliban and al-Qaeda have launched a joint campaign to disrupt the September elections — the next key step toward democracy after a quarter century of war Since March， a major upsurge in fighting has left more than 800 people dead， more than half of them suspected insurgents， according to US and Afghan officials
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