Joint Operation Against Senior IED facilitator
Joint Operation Against Senior IED facilitator
NEWS RELEASE ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan  2010-01-CA-130 For Immediate Release

KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 27) - An Afghan-international security force conducted operations in Helmand near the Pakistan border early Jan. 25, which resulted in two insurgents killed including a senior IED facilitator.
 The joint force went to an area in Chagai Hills where the insurgents had collected a large amount of fertilizer containing ammonium nitrate, a key ingredient used to create improvised explosive devices. The bomb-making material was placed on a truck and driven north toward central Helmand.
Afghan forces set up a road block about 50 km from the border and stopped the vehicle. As Afghan forces approached the vehicle, the insurgents displayed hostile intent and were killed.
A search of the truck yielded 20 tons of the fertilizer containing ammonium nitrate. The material was destroyed where it was found.
As the truck was being engaged, a joint force moved against the initial cache in Chagai Hills where insurgents collected the fertilizer. 