Raising The Threat Level In Afghanistan

The Taliban's IEDs killed 48 British troops last year. AFP/Getty Images

Taliban Make 'Undetectable' Bombs Out Of Wood -- The Independent

Taliban fighters have developed a deadly new generation of their most lethal weapon, the improvised explosive device, or IED, which is almost undetectable because it has no metal or electronic parts, military experts said last week.

IEDs have proved the Taliban's most deadly weapon: three out of five coalition troops killed last year in Afghanistan were victims of the bombs. At least 48 of the 108 British fatalities were caused by IEDs.

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My Comment: These mines will be hidden in the fields of Afghanistan for decades. Impossible to detect, this raises the conflict to a level in Afghanistan that is both unprecedented and very deadly.