KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Two local girls watch from behind a wall in the Gardez wood market as an Afghan National Army explosive ordinance disposal unit prepares to detonate an improvised explosive device found nearby 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. A Scout unit and an EOD unit from Forward Operating Base Gardez supervised the operation, but played no hand in it.
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Two local girls watch from behind a wall in the Gardez wood market as an Afghan National Army explosive ordinance disposal unit prepares to detonate an improvised explosive device found nearby 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. 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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