A U.S. Army commander tries to extinguish the flames after a roadside bomb hit a military vehicle in eastern Afghanistan this fall. New statistics show that such attacks have become the leading threat to Western troops in the country. ZumaAfghan Roadside Bombings Rise Sharply -- Wall Street Journal
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Roadside bombs, long the biggest danger facing Western forces in Iraq, have now also become the primary threat to forces in Afghanistan.
The number of incidents involving "improvised explosive devices," or IEDs, rose 33% in 2008 from a year earlier, and the number of casualties caused by these roadside bombs increased by the same amount, according to statistics compiled by the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. The bombs are the largest single cause of U.S. and NATO deaths and injuries.
"IEDs are the biggest threat we face," Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser, the top U.S. commander in eastern Afghanistan, said in an interview. "They are the largest killer of ISAF troops."
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