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Archive Home > 2010 > March > 19 > IED attacks soaring in Afghanistan

IED attacks soaring in Afghanistan

By Craig Whitlock / The Bulletin
March 19, 2010

Taliban fighters more than doubled the number of homemade bombs they used against U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan last year, relying on explosives that are often far more primitive than the ones used in Iraq.

The embrace of a low-tech approach by Taliban-trained bombmakers — they are....

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