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北約將銷毁阿富汗境內15,000枚地雷、炸藥

2006年03月27日
ENS美國,華府報導;丁秋仁編譯;莫聞審校

據美國國務院報告,阿富汗境內發現一處最大的危險性炸藥貯藏所,其中有逾80噸黃色炸藥、15,000枚反人員及反車輛地雷、雷管,以及其他型式的爆裂物等,皆存放於老舊的彈藥庫之中。北約將銷毀此貯藏所,以免傷及無辜人員和環境。

NATO Troops To Destroy 15,000 Land Mines in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, DC, March 22, 2006 (ENS)
The largest cache of hazardous explosives ever found in Afghanistan – 80 tons of TNT, as well as 15,000 anti-personnel and anti-vehicle landmines, detonators, and other explosive – have been discovered in old storage bunkers, according to a U.S. State Department report. NATO will destroy the cache to keep them from harming people and the environment.