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Us-led coalition bombed Afghan bunker complex

Kabul, Afghanistan - A storage for a "significant amount" of explosives

Today a number of aircraft belonging to the international coalition led by United States of America have bombed three Afghan bunkers located in the surrounding of Gian, close to the borders with Pakistan. According to colonel Roger King, 5000 lb of bombs have been dropped over the complex "filled with explosives and ammunition that ordnance experts had deemed to be too unstable to move". (...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 31693
Rome, Italy, 08/01/2002 15:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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