Afghan Police Seize 22 Tons of Explosives From Iran

[Thomas]

Afghan Police Seize 22 Tons of Explosives From Iran
Published October 06, 2010
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Afghan police seize 22 tons of explosives from Iran - NYPOST.com

Afghan police said Wednesday they had seized 22 tons of explosives stashed in boxes marked "food, toys and kitchenware" that were reportedly imported from neighboring Iran.

The discovery was made Tuesday in a customs office in the western province of Nimroz on the Iranian border, deputy provincial police chief Mohammad Musa Rasouli told the AFP.

"We found these materials hidden in a 40 foot shipping container that had come from Iran. The explosives were disguised as merchandise like food, toys and kitchenware," he said.

Bombs made from old ammunitions and explosives are the main weapon used by the Taliban and other insurgents fighting against the Western-backed Afghan government and Western troops, and cause the bulk of military casualties.

Foreign military commanders and some Afghan officials have accused Iran of providing weapons to the Taliban, the chief group leading the insurgency since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion ousted its regime from power.

Tehran, a long-running U.S. foe, denies the charges and senior Afghan administration officials say they have no evidence against Iran.

The U.S. and NATO have more than 150,000 troops in Afghanistan to fight the Taliban and keep President Hamid Karzai's administration in power.

 

[Chogy]

Iran will undoubtedly claim this is a CIA-driven "false flag" operation.

 

[oceanx]

^^^

As far as I can judge, that's entirely plausible.

 

[Jigs]

Iran come up with another conspiracy to explain this yet ?

 

[Thomas]

Iran will undoubtedly claim this is a CIA-driven "false flag" operation.

In the past people usually laugh at similar articles talking about Iran's involvement. They seem to think that the Sunni, Shia rivalry eliminates any possibility of Iran helping the Taliban.

 

[MYSTIC]

its the warlords not the government...

 

[Spring Onion]

In the past people usually laugh at similar articles talking about Iran's involvement. They seem to think that the Sunni, Shia rivalry eliminates any possibility of Iran helping the Taliban.

Iran is very much involved but its another matter that it gets away with eyewash on pretext which you have mentioned,'

Even in Pakistani Kurram Agency when about two years back the Political Agent complaint that there are some taliban militants pushed into the agency for starting sectarian violence have backing from Iran, people here were not ready to listen to that. But we media people have followed that and there was a lot of truth in that

 

[Spring Onion]

its the warlords not the government...

lolzz . and you think warlords are not part of the government there?

 

[r3alist]

the funny thing is that i think the americans have it in for pakistan to a much greater extent than the iranians.


because for the past 3 years EVERYTHING has been blamed on pakistan, even when its likely that the so called chief enemy iran is bound to be playing a role.

it just shows all this fuss about iran is nothing more than hot air

 

[MYSTIC]

lolzz . and you think warlords are not part of the government there?

Warlords work for their own self interest, not the governments. All they care about is money.

 

[Spring Onion]

Warlords work for their own self interest, not the governments. All they care about is money.

And what do you imply by that here?

They are state actors hence its more serious

 

[Chogy]

^^^

As far as I can judge, that's entirely plausible.

If the CIA was 1/100th as potent as internet lore would have people believe, then we could entirely disband the U.S. military.

Sometimes, what you see is reality. There isn't always some layered conspiracy behind it.

 

[r3alist]

If the CIA was 1/100th as potent as internet lore would have people believe, then we could entirely disband the U.S. military.

Sometimes, what you see is reality. There isn't always some layered conspiracy behind it.

tell that to your own - you americans blame everything on pakistan.

we should no longer put up with it!

 

[Chogy]

tell that to your own - you americans blame everything on pakistan.

we should no longer put up with it!

Uh, I thought we were discussing explosives shipped from Iran to Afghanistan. I'm not quite sure I understand how "America blames Pakistan" is at all attached to this issue.

 

[VCheng]

If the CIA was 1/100th as potent as internet lore would have people believe, then we could entirely disband the U.S. military.

Sometimes, what you see is reality. There isn't always some layered conspiracy behind it.

That may very well be true, but most of the time, juicy conspiracy theories are so much fun!