Tagum said the EOD team suspected that either a grenade or an
improvised explosive device exploded at around 11:30 a.m.
The Taliban militants and other militants including ISIL often use
improvised explosive device as the weapon of their choice to target the security forces and government officials.
Official sources said that the security forces and police carried out a joint operation and seized three suicide vests, one hand grenade, one
improvised explosive device, 16 batteries and at least 704 rounds of different bores.
According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the security forces have carried out a search operation on Thursday in village Sheikhan of Khyber Agency and cleared four caves and three compounds and destroyed
improvised explosive device (IED) making factory.
BEIRUT: The Army seized a total of 20
improvised explosive devices and a quantity of weapons and ammunition, a military statement reported Wednesday.
Earlier on August 19, a security official was killed while a civilian was injured when an
improvised explosive device went off at a water spring in Bajaur Agency.
A security source said that armed elements planted a number of
improvised explosive devices around the station in the Kubaisa area west of the city of Hit of Anbar, and detonated by remote control, causing significant damage.
ANBAR / Aswat al-Iraq: One civilian was killed and three more were injured by an
improvised explosive device in west of Ramadi, a police source said.
A ROYAL Marine was killed by an
improvised explosive device in Afghanistan yesterday , the Ministry of Defence said.
Dorafshan locals can breathe a little easier following an operation by Australian and Afghan forces which found and removed a large number of
Improvised Explosive Device parts from locations close to a market.
Lieutenant Colonel David Eastman said: "The soldier was participating in an operation to clear an area north of Lashkar Gah, when an
improvised explosive device was initiated.