Weapon Cache Discovered, 1 Detained In Afghanistan's Nangarhar

KABUL, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security personnel discovered weapon cache and seized several assault rifles, including three stocks of Kalashnikovs in Ghani Khel district of Nangarhar province in east Afghanistan on Wednesday, provincial police spokesman Sayed Tayeb Hemad said Thursday.

The weaponry, which included a machine gun, a rocket-propelled grenade, three Kalashnikovs, one M16 and hundreds of bullets were recovered from a car yesterday, the official said, adding one person has been arrested.

Police would take stern action against anyone who keeps or carries arms illegally, the official asserted.

Police in similar operations confiscated 28 pistols in Nangarhar's neighboring Paktia province in mid last month. 

--NNN-Xinhua