Bomb Disposal Tactics in Afghanistan to Be Changed by British Forces

United Kingdom forces are changing their tactics when it comes to disposal of IEDs in Afghanistan.  Instead of disarming the IEDs and retrieving the components to study the bombs and extract DNA evidence for later prosecution of the IED network the bombs will now be destroyed in place.  The decision whether to disarm or destroy will be left up to the bomb disposal technician on the ground.  The Taliban have increased the number IEDs this past year and recent deaths of highly-skilled bomb disposal experts have caused the UK military to relook how IEDs are treated.  Read more in "Commanders to change bomb disposal tactics", The Telegraph, February 12, 2011.