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    3,400 Kilograms of HME discovered in Farah Province

    FORWARD OPERATING BASE FARAH, AFGHANISTAN

    03.19.2010

    Story by Master Sgt. Tracy DeMarco 

    Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah

    FARAH, Afghanistan — After the National Directorate of Security received a tip from local villagers, coalition forces discovered a significant weapons cache in Bala Baluk District, Farah province, Afghanistan, March 18.

    The cache contained 3,400 kilograms of home-made explosives. The ammonium nitrate and incendiary material in the 34-100 kilogram bags was destroyed on Forward Operating Base Farah, March 19.

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    Date Taken: 03.19.2010
    Date Posted: 03.23.2010 22:50
    Story ID: 47115
    Location: FORWARD OPERATING BASE FARAH, AF

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