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Pakistan truck driver arrested in Torkham, 9,310kg of Ammonium Nitrate seized
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! by the Afghan National Border Police (ANBP) forces as he was attempting to transport 9,310kg of Ammonium Nitrate via Torkham. Pictured here is a typical Afgan Pressure Cooker IED potentially filled with Ammonium Nitrate with a 'pressure plate' (upper right in photo) and 9 volt battery firing device. Drive over or step on the pressure place, the two conductors make electrical contact and kaboom. "Yesterday evening, Afghan National Border Police (ANBP) confiscated 9310 kilos of Ammonium Nitrate, a key component used to make Improvised Explosive Devices," the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in a statement. Some perspective: 9,310 kilos of Ammonium Nitrate is just over 20,500 lbs. The average IED contains roughly 52 pounds of Ammonium Nitrate, in single or multiple containers. The statement further added that Ammonium Nitrate was placed in a Pak truck transporting to Afghanistan. To my knowledge, Afghanistan has no fertilizer or Ammonium Nitrate manufacturing capabilities. "The police searched the truck and found the Ammonium Nitrate in the Torkham port," MoI said, adding that "The driver was arrested on accusation of this case." The anti-government armed bully boy groups frequently use Ammonium Nitrate to produce homemade explosives including Improvised Explosive Device (IED) for roadside kaboomings besides using the material for complex attacks. IEDs are considered as the major contributor to civilian casualties as the ordinary civilians are mostly targeted in such attacks. The United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said late in October it documented 8,397 conflict-related civilian casualties (2,562 deaths and 5,835 injured) between 1 January and 30 September. The UN mission in its report said the latest civilian casualties report represents a one per cent decrease compared to the same period in 2015. Ground engagements remained the leading cause of civiliancasualties, followed by suicide and complex attacks, and improvised bombs (IEDs). "Increased fighting in densely populated areas makes it imperative for parties to take immediate steps to ensure all feasible precautions are being taken to spare civilians from harm," said Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan. The anti-government armed bully boy groups including the Taliban murderous Moslems have not commented regarding the report so far. Posted by: Fred 2016-11-28 |
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