[Tolo News] Police in Nangarhar province has discovered ten tonnes of bomb chemicals, a statement by Interior Ministry said on ThursdayNational police forces have found 10,000 kg of Ammonium Nitrate, which is used in making road-side bombs, in Nangarhar province, the statement said.
Two suspects were detained in connection with the incident, it said.
Meanwhile, a huge number of heavy and small arms weapons were seized in a joint operation in Dehrawud, a district in south-western Uruzgan province.
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) which are made with chemicals are frequently used by the Taliban to target Afghan security forces and foreign troops.
Road-side bombing is a deadly and easy tactic used by insurgents that annually claim the lives of scores of innocent Afghan civilians and foreign and Afghan security forces fighting insurgency in Afghanistan.
According to the latest report by the United Nations on the Afghan war, more than 80% of foreign troop's fatalities raise from bombings and road-side bombs.
As a deadly summer was anticipated in Afghan war, top commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan acknowledged a surge in troops' casualties.