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Illumination flares raise as lightning and ordinance crash down on Barham Chah, a critical logistics hub for insurgent forces in Afghanistan, which was raided by Taskforce Highlander Oct. 29-30. The taskforce consisted of 3rd MAW (Fwd), 1st Marine Division, and other coalition and Afghan units. According to ISAF Joint Command, a homemade explosive factory with approximately 23.7 metric tons of ammonium nitrate was found, as well as numerous artillery shells, 60 cases of .50 caliber machine-gun ammunition, 18 pressure plate and four pressure cooker improvised explosive devices, 500 liters of acid, 40kg of opium, 2,000kg of precursor chemicals, and numerous automatic weapons and assorted ammunition. 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Fwd) Public Affairs Photo by Derek CarlsonDate Taken:10.29.2010 Location:HELMAND PROVINCE, AF

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Date Taken on 29 October 2010, 20:22
Source Afghan, coalition forces kill insurgents; seize drugs, weapons during raid [Image 3 of 4]
Author DVIDSHUB
Camera location31° 22′ 35.9″ N, 64° 04′ 02.96″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by DVIDSHUB at https://www.flickr.com/photos/28650594@N03/5158469796. It was reviewed on 28 October 2012 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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