KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan — A member of the Afghan National Army documents the detonation of an improvised explosive device on a street near the wood market in Gardez Feb. 18. This detonation was historic because it was the first time an ANA explosive ordinance disposal unit was called on to destroy an IED without assistance from coalition forces. The local Afghan Uniformed Police discovered the IED and called in the ANA EOD team. A Scout unit and an EOD unit from Forward Operating Base Gardez supervised the operation, but played no hand in it.
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan — A member of the Afghan National Army documents the detonation of an improvised explosive device on a street near the wood market in Gardez Feb. 18. This detonation was historic because it was the first time an ANA explosive ordinance disposal unit was called on to destroy an IED without assistance from coalition forces. The local Afghan Uniformed Police discovered the IED and called in the ANA EOD team. A Scout unit and an EOD unit from Forward Operating Base Gardez supervised the operation, but played no hand in it.
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