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Article  Afghan-International Forces Make Progress Across
Afghanistan  Compiled from International Security Assistance
Force Joint Command News Releases  WASHINGTON, Jul. 23, 2010 –
Afghan-international forces seized enemy weapons caches,
captured or killed numerous insurgents, and reopened a long-
closed school during recent operations conducted across
Afghanistan, military officials reported.  In yesterday’s
Afghanistan news:  -- An Afghan National Directorate of Security
force discovered a large quantity of improvised explosive
device-making material in a rock quarry in the Spin Boldak
district of Kandahar province last night. The cache contained
about 1,900 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, more than 5,400
electronic fuses, about 3,200 meters of detonation cord and 275
kilograms of black powder. The ammonium nitrate and black powder
alone could be used to make more than 100 IEDs. Th