Regional Command West
2011-06-CA-663-182

FARAH, Afghanistan (June 28, 2011)- During a joint patrolling activity in Chicha village, Bakwa district, ISAF and Afghan National Security Forces seized 550 kilograms of ammonium nitrate in a abandoned compound of the village. The Afghan soldiers arrested two individuals involved in the hiding of the material.

Ammonium nitrate, normally used as fertilizer, is widely used for the creation of Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs) and, for this reason, declared an illegal material by the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in a decree in effect since Feb. 22, 2010.

This seizure, in addition to the one that occurred a few days ago in the same area, represent the efficiency of the ANSF daily operational activities in order to secure the territory.