A 500-kilogram unexploded bomb was discovered in the courtyard of a house in the Askar Kot Bazaar area of Qarabagh district in Ghazni province and was safely removed from the area before being destroyed.
The Mine Action Coordination Directorate of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority said a resident had reported a potential threat through the emergency hotline.
Following the report, a rapid-response team from the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) mine-clearance organization was dispatched to the area and in coordination with Ghazni’s disaster management authorities, the team carried out an operation to destroy the unexploded ordnance.
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Source: OMID Radio News
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