Massive weapons cache seized in Afghanistan 4 p& M' k8 U( Z 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 , B9 h6 u+ g1 ?1 r' S) A& A. c The arms were to be used to subvert crucial legislative elections on Sept 18， Defense Ministry spokesman Gen Mohammed Saher Azimi said- z G; }8 _" ^& z1 B- v
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 / \3 w- j% Z$ v# N, ^8 s "The enemy planned to use them to sabotage the elections，" Azimi said "This was a very important operation to prevent the killing of civilians" 7 q% j$ y; _7 l% G5 R$ Q* K# T 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 arrested ( {# y( g4 u# J5 J- u0 k 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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