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90-kg of explosives found and defused in Kabul.


Explosives weighing 90 kilograms were found and defused in place in jurisdiction of the 7th police district of this capital city, the interior ministry said on Thursday. In a statement, the ministry said the explosives detected in a ruined house in Chelsatoon area of the city. No one has so far been detained de·tain  
tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains
1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard.

2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement:
 in this connection.

But police are investigating, the statement said. Crime branch police chief Gen. Abdul Ghafar Syedzada said the explosives were discovered last night at around 8pm.

Meanwhile, police in Ali Khan Ali Khan is a citizen of Pakistan, and a permanent resident of the United States.[1] One of his sons, Majid Khan, was held in extrajudicial detention, in secret interrogation centers, run by the CIA, for four years.  Qala area on the Kabul-Gardez Highway of central Logar province found some explosives beneath a small bridge and defused it in place. Col. Mohammad Jan Abid, crime branch police chief, said the explosives were packed in a jerry-cane and a bag.

He added the explosive materials were defused by US-led coalition forces. The statement further said 26 mines found and defused during the last 24 hours from Maidan Mai`dan´

n. 1. In various parts of Asia, an open space, as for military exercises, or for a market place; an open grassy tract; an esplanade.
A gallop on the green maidan.
- M. Crawford.
 Wardak, Ghazni and Uruzgan province.

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Publication:Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul, Afghanistan)
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Date:Nov 16, 2009
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