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Courtesy ISAF
KABUL - An Afghan National Directorate of Security force discovered a large quantity of improvised explosive device making material in a rock quarry in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province last night.
The cache consisted of 1,900 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, more than 5,400 electronic fuses, 3,200 meters of detonation cord and 275 kilograms of black powder.
The ammonium nitrate and black powder alone could be used to make more than 100 IEDs.
NDS has requested ISAF assistance in destroying the cache.
"This find demonstrates the ever-increasing capability of the Afghan National Security Forces to operate independently, "said Col. Rafael Torres, ISAF Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director. "It also takes a large number of potential IEDs out of the hands of the insurgents whose indiscriminate use of IEDs endangers innocent Afghan civilians as well as Afghan and coalition forces.
| Date Taken: | 07.23.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 07.23.2010 04:08 |
| Story ID: | 53258 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
| Web Views: | 267 |
| Downloads: | 256 |
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