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Summary The use of roadside bombs in Afghanistan against foreign troops has reached record high.
US forces are reportedly struggling to check fertilizer used to build them.Taliban battling US and NATO-led forces for nearly a decade are now using a growing number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to strike personnel or vehicles along Afghanistans dusty roads.The Pentagons Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), a specialized body tasked with putting a stop to the use of the often remote-controlled roadside bombs, offered a bleak assessment of the situation now facing foreign forces.During the last 12 months, an unending supply of calcium ammonium nitrate…..has been used to produce IEDs in Afghanistan despite a countrywide ban on importing the fertilizer, JIEDDO spokeswoman Irene Smith told a foreign news agency.From April to June, 3,485 IEDs exploded or were found in the war-ravaged country, according to JIEDDO -- a 14 percent increase over the same period last year. In June, use of roadside bombs was 25 percent higher than average.
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