Suspected insurgent Taliban are presented to the media at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) headquarter in Kabul, March 15, 2013. Voice of America
Seized: Biggest Ever Taliban Weapons Haul Including Eight-Ton BOMB Defused Moments Before Devastating Explosion That Could Have Destroyed An Area ONE MILE Wide -- Daily Mail
* Bomb was capable of destroying an area nearly a mile wide
* It was found in Kabul and linked to Haggani Network militants
* Five insurgents were killed in the gun battle that followed
* Two others have been arrested in connection with the bomb
* Security forces believe they planned to target military facility
A truck bomb containing eight tonnes of explosives and capable of destroying an area nearly a mile wide has been defused in Afghanistan.
The bomb, which was wired and ready for detonation, is the single biggest discovery of its kind ever in the country and forms part of a huge deadly arsenal uncovered.
Security forces linked the weapon to insurgents from the Islamist insurgent group, Haggani Network, which is connected to Al-Qaeda.
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More News On The Biggest-Ever Truck Bomb Defused In Kabul
Afghanistan's biggest-ever truck bomb defused in Kabul: spy agency -- Reuters
Afghan intelligence: Haqqani network truck bomb seized, would-be suicide bombers killed -- Washington Post/AP
Truck Bomb Plot Foiled in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Afghan Spy Agency Says Huge Truck Bomb Defused In Kabul -- Radio Free Europe
7 800kg of explosives seized near Kabul -- News24
Huge bomb defused in Afghan capital Kabul -- BBC
My Comment: The Afghans were very lucky on this one.