Topic: Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization
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Afghanistan war: why IEDs are taking a mounting toll
As US troop levels have surged in the Afghanistan war, so has the number of IEDs – and their effectiveness. Their simplicity is making them hard to detect.
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Pentagon's urgent bid to counter Afghan roadside bombs
It will increase its number of bomb disposal teams by half. It is also upping its order of bomb-resistant troop carriers, called M-ATVs.
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More troops lost to roadside bombs: a familiar pattern
As fighting intensifies in Afghanistan, July fatalities so far are higher than for all of June.
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In Afghanistan, US troops thwart IED threat
With new technology and close monitoring of culverts and ditches, they have reduced the rudimentary bombs' effectiveness by 20 percent since last year.
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