Weapons cache discovered in eastern Afghanistan

US and Canadian troops have found a cache of mortars, grenades and rockets as they scoured the Afghan mountains for escaping al-Qaida and Taliban fighters.

Weapons cache discovered in eastern Afghanistan

US and Canadian troops have found a cache of mortars, grenades and rockets as they scoured the Afghan mountains for escaping al-Qaida and Taliban fighters.

Loud explosions could be heard echoing off the peaks as the captured weapons were blown up.

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