KABUL, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Personnel of counter-terrorism have discovered a large amount of weapons and ammunition in western Afghanistan's Herat province, the provincial police office said in a statement on Thursday.

The contrabands, which included 122 pistols, 22 Kalashnikovs, 18 hunting arms, a large quantity of cartridges and bullets and other illegally preserved military equipment, have been seized during operations on the outskirts of Herat city, the capital and in different districts of the province over the past six months, according to the statement.

Without furnishing details on whether anyone was arrested on charges of keeping illegal weapons and ammunition, the statement added that the military tools had been handed over to the relevant authorities.

The Afghan government has intensified efforts to collect unauthorized arms and ammunition as part of broader measures aimed at improving security and stability across the war-ravaged country.