FOUND CACHE IN FARAH PROVINCE

HERAT, Afghanistan (Mar. 26) Yeasterday, in Suji Village, near Bala Boluk in Farah province, during a cache searching operation performed by NDS (National Directorate of Security) with support of ISAF (International Security Assistance Forces), a cache of 500 kilos of ammonium nitrate has been found. It was seized by NDS to be, in a second time and in secure place, destroyed by EOD Team.

This particular fertilizer accounts for as little as five percent of all legitimate fertilizer used today in Afghanistan, but it is also the most common form of explosives in Afghanistan and it is used by insurgents to make IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices), in facts, AN is found in approx 85 percent of all main charge IEDs.Eliminating militant IED operations is a key focus for ANSF (Afghan National Security Forces) and ISAF to improve security and freedom of movement in the Country. The highly indiscriminate nature of IED makes them a threat not only to Afghanistan’s security forces and ISAF, but also to innocent Afghan civilians. For this reason, the GIRoA (Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) recently has banned the use and the commerce of ammonium nitrate.