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Explosive charges are laid on a variety of ammunition to be destroyed during controlled detonation outside FOB Shank in Logar Province
27 Jul 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Explosive charges (green) are laid on a variety of ammunition that are to be destroyed during a controlled detonation outside the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shank in Logar Province in Afghanistan July 27, 2009. U.S and Czech soldiers destroyed IEDs, explosives and ammunition recently discovered throughout the Logar province. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)
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