SHUKVANI, Helmand province, Afghanistan - A mushroom cloud rises into the air above the Ladar Bazaar after Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion detonate a line charge. Second CEB leveled the marketplace to eliminate the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices. Local residents expressed a concern for their safety due to insurgent activity in the area and have been unable to use the bazaar for some time. Operation Black Sand blasts the insurgency to dust DVIDS441989

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