(EXPLOSIVE HAZARD) IED FOUND/CLEARED RPT (CWIED) TF RAPTOR 173 BSTB : 0 INJ/DAM

at 0525Z PCC reports an IED at grid 42S XC 44300 76800 in the KOT District. ANP have secured the site and are requesting EOD. UPDATE TO ABOVE REPORT: PRT SEC FOR elements escorted EOD out to the IED site. The IED consited of 3 mortor rounds conected to a wire. EOD conducted a controled detonation and RTB See Attached Storyboard: FM TF PALADIN Upon arrival at the incident site, Paladin linked up with ANP officials who were already on site and had secured the area. It was reported that a local child tripped over a white wire and reported it to local elders who then notified the ANP. Paladin arrived on site at approximately 1030Z. QRF secured the area; ANP officials at the scene informed the team of the location of the wire and the suspected area of the IED. EOD conducted a remote reconnaissance of the site. EOD then conducted a controlled detonation in an attempt to excavate the IED. The charge sympathetically detonated the device, which was positively identified by EOD as two 82mm rounds taped together and suspected bulk explosives in a yellow burlap bag. Once the EOD Team Leader cleared the site, Paladin and EOD conducted site exploitation. Paladin investigated the remains of the device and found approximately 60 meters of white wire (lamp chord) running from the blast seat to a small hole near some brush approximately 60 meters with a direct line of site to area of the IED. No MOD device or battery pack was found. NFTR For further details please see attached Post Blast report.