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| Explosives found in Afgan food sacks |
| 2003-01-13 |
| US soldiers have discovered hundreds of kilograms of explosives, as well as rockets and other bomb-making materials hidden in food sacks in the main city of eastern Afghanistan, a US spokesperson said on Monday. The explosives were found on Friday in Jalalabad, said Colonel Roger King, a spokesperson at the US military headquarters in Bagram, Afghanistan. The Special Forces troops also found 200 rocket-propelled grenades and 82kg of ball bearings hidden in the sacks. It was not clear if any arrests were made. "The explosives and ball bearings could indicate someone was planning to prepare an improvised explosive device," King said. It was not clear how powerful a bomb made with the material would have been. That would of made a lot of anti-personnel bombs. Nice catch Jalalabad is about 100km east of the capital, Kabul, near the border with Pakistan. No doubt the source of the explosives and ball bearings Meanwhile, attackers fired a single rocket at a US base in the eastern town of Khost, King said. Nobody was injured in the Saturday night attack. The rocket landed several hundred metres from the base perimeter. US bases in Afghanistan are attacked several times a week, usually with crude rockets set off by remote control or timers. The rockets rarely hit their targets and damage is minimal. One of these days they are going to get lucky. |
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