IEDs in Afghanistan costing U.S. billions, despite being dirt-cheap to build
IEDs have taken hundreds of U.S. lives in Afghanistan and Iraq and the U.S. military is spending billions to try and combat them. But they’re also trying to go after the fertilizer that fuels the explosive devices.
Breakthrough on Effort to Create Non-Explosive Fertilizer
Troops grapple with new challenges in Afghan offensive
Allied troops have entered day five of a major offensive in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan. While the offensive is largely going to plan, troops on the ground are dealing with far more than just encounters with Taliban fighters.
Afghanistan and Iraq: Now, Sharing the Danger of IEDs
In Afghanistan, there has been a marked increase in the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the last few weeks. For more, The Takeaway turns to Jeremy Binnie, senior analyst for terrorism and insurgency at Janes Information Group.
