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A presidential decree has banned the purchase, sale, maintenance and use of Ammonium Nitrate in Afghanistan fearing its widespread use in blasts/explosions by the armed anti-government rebels.
The presidential office in a notification issued all across the country has banned the use of this chemical citing basis from the researches done by the security forces that “terrorists” use such chemicals for the purpose of widespread use in explosives.
The same notification reads judicial action against individuals for any sort of use of this chemical.
In his notice, the president has given a month’s time for those individuals and organizations that possess this chemical to hand it over to the ministry of agriculture. In the same manner, the ministries of interior and trade have been ordered to train and equip forces for identifying, testing and taking into custody of such materials. Similarly, the national Security Council has been ordained the task of overseeing the implementation of this decree and report back to the president.
The agriculture ministry has welcomed the step maintaining that the ban would not affect the farmers since this chemical hasn’t been used on a larger scale and that the farmers would be provided alternate sources of fertilizers.
Though it is a setback for the private businesses importing this chemical yet security wise it has been a welcome step.
The interior ministry believes that the rebels have used this chemical in over 50% of their attacks. The international forces in Afghanistan have also reported their findings on the widespread use of this chemical by the rebels.
