Explosive Hazard / IED Found/Cleared - Afghan War Diary, 2005 April (sitios de interés)
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Event classification
SECRETEvent summary
"TF THUNDER REPORTS 1X IED 5 KM WEST OF GHAZNI, ON THE ROAD. POS 2ND IED IN AREA. THE FOLLOWING SALT REPORT WAS SENT. S: 1X IED. A: FOUND BY DISTRICT POLICE. L: KHOGYANI DISTRICT 42S VC 41792 13747 T: 0323Z. REMARKS TF THUNDER ELEMENT REQUESTING IED TF ATT. IED TF-CEXC AND USAF EOD PROCEEDING TO AIRFIELD ATT. LN INFORMED OF AN IED. 1X PK MK1 NON-METALLIC AT MINE 2X WIRES (1 WIRE LEADS FROM TOP OF MINE TO 4 IN AWAY WHERE IT IS BURIED IN THE ROAD, 1 WIRE LEADS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE MINE) NO SPIDER DEVICE OR POWER SOURCE. FROM INTSUM: REPORTING INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE IED IN THE ROAD IN KHOGYANI. SHORTLY AFTER, NDS AND GHAZNI ANP BOTH CONFIRMED THE REPORT. THE MINE CONSISTED OF 1X PAK MK1 NON-METALLIC AT MINE AND 2 WIRES. ONE WIRE LEADS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE MINE AND THE OTHER WIRE LEADS FROM THE TOP OF THE MINE 4 IN. AWAY AND IS BURIED IN THE ROAD. TF NORMANDY QRF RESPONDED. IED TF WAS CALLED AND BLEW THE IED IN PLACE. 3-116 IN ANALYST COMMENTS: WE RECEIVED MORE THAN ONE REPORT OF THIS IED; ONE REPORT WAS FOR ONE IED WHILE ONE REPORT INDICATED TWO. OUR PATROL CHECKED THE AREA AND ONLY FOUND ONE. WE DO NOT KNOW AT THIS TIME IF THIS IED WAS RELATED TO EARLIER REPORTING THAT THE KHOGYANI GOVERNOR, ABDUL GHAFAR, IS PLANNING TO TARGET US FORCES AFTER REPORTING IEDS."
Event identifier
8CA608F3-ED5C-4CEE-9156-8A201871AEBD
Event category and type
- Category: IED Found/Cleared
- Type: Explosive Hazard
Statistics
Wounded in Action
- Civilian: 0
- Enemy: 0
- Friendly: 0
- Host nation: 0
- Enemy Detained: 0
Killed in Action
- Civilian: 0
- Enemy: 0
- Friendly: 0
- Host nation: 0
Detained in Action
- Enemy: 0
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