Afghan children discover unexploded ordnance

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

09.29.2010

Courtesy Story

ISAF Joint Command

KABUL, Afghanistan - A group of Afghan children found an unexploded ordnance and took it to an International Security Assistance Force operating base in western Afghanistan Tuesday.

The children turned the ordnance, a 107mm rocket, over to troops at Forward Operating Base Leimbach in Farah province for disposal.

An ISAF explosive ordnance disposal team destroyed the rocket with a controlled detonation in a secure area.

"While we are happy to have safely destroyed this weapon, we encourage people who find any device like this to notify an ISAF service member and not attempt to pick it up," said Italian Army Col. Franco Federici, Italian Task Force commander. "Rockets and other weapons are very dangerous and we will remove them safely."

• Date Taken: 09.29.2010
• Date Posted: 09.29.2010 10:18
• Story ID: 57186
• Location: KABUL, AF