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2018-08-02 Afghanistan

Taliban's large cache of potent explosives destroyed by Afghan commandos

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Posted by trailing wife 2018-08-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 "Inconceivable, huh?"

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2018-08-02 00:19|| 2018-08-02 00:19|| Front Page Top

#2 It seems that no one ever wants to divulge the provenance of the explosives and weaponry. I wonder why?

Posted by Harcourt Bucket3271 2018-08-02 08:25|| 2018-08-02 08:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, unless they're using the designation C-4 incorrectly, it is from the US, as I understand things.

Posted by Glenmore 2018-08-02 12:32|| 2018-08-02 12:32|| Front Page Top

#4 located next to the homes of Afghan families

And nobody knows how it got there.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-08-02 13:50|| 2018-08-02 13:50|| Front Page Top

#5 And nobody knows how it got there.

I expect the locals will swear on their children's lives, that nobody snitched on the stockpile, when the Taliban come calling. But I can believe the locals called government troops to deal with the explosive hazard deposited by the Talibs near their homes.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2018-08-02 19:09|| 2018-08-02 19:09|| Front Page Top

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