KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Afghan Uniformed Police Senior Captain Abdul Kardur, and Army 1st Lt. Clayton Smith wait for an Afghan National Army explosive ordinance disposal unit to arrive on a street near the wood market in Gardez Feb. 18. AUP members discovered the bomb and members of the 2nd Company, 2nd Kandak, ANA explosive ordinance disposal team destroyed it. The operation was historic because it was the first time an Afghan EOD unit was called on to destroy an IED without assistance from coalition forces. 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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