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KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan border patrol unit stopped a truck during a random check and discovered four tons of a substance believed to be ammonium nitrate. The material was confiscated. The unit sent a sample of the material for testing. If tests confirm that it is the banned substance, the material will be destroyed.
Ammonium nitrate based home-made explosives continue to be used in the production of improvised explosive devices causing the majority of civilian and ISAF casualties in Afghanistan. A Presidential Decree signed Jan. 29 banned the use, production, storage or sale of ammonium nitrate.
In the Garm Ser District of Helmand province yesterday, an Afghan-international security patrol received a tip from an Afghan citizen about the location of a weapons cache. The patrol discovered more than 65 rockets, and an explosive ordnance disposal team subsequently destroyed the cache.
While patrolling in the Chorah District of Uruzgan province yesterday, a joint patrol discovered a weapons cache containing a command-wire IED, a 107 mm rocket, three rocket-propelled grenades, small-arms ammunition, and a 107 mm round casing and motor. The ammunition was confiscated and the rest of the cache destroyed.
In the Yahya Khel District of Paktika yesterday, an ISAF patrol found an IED consisting of five 82 mm mortar rounds. An EOD team destroyed the device.
In the Shindand District of Herat province yesterday, an Afghan-international patrol found a cache containing nine hand grenades, 600 rounds of small-arms ammunitions, an anti-personnel mine, three boxes of launcher charges, 14 fuses and 10 kg of ammonium nitrate. The
cache was destroyed by an EOD team.
| Date Taken: | 05.03.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 05.03.2010 10:52 |
| Story ID: | 49045 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
| Web Views: | 269 |
| Downloads: | 260 |
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