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There is no footage of the main blast because it destroyed the camera, but officials said the vehicle was packed with 600kg of high quality explosives as well as grenades and mortars.

Aluminum powder was also used to accelerate the explosion and added to the ferocity of the blaze, officials said.

Aluminum powder has long been used to boost the power of explosives. Blast weapons like the 15,000-pound BLU-82 Daisy Cutter and the 21,600-pound "Mother of All Bombs" use it to increase their destructive force.

Since September 2007 Sky Warrior and MQ-9 Reaper weaponized UAVs began flying combat sorties in support of coalition forces operations in Afghanistan. Currently, the USAF 42nd UAV attack squadron and US Army 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade are flying the armed UAVs while RAF No 39 squadron fly unarmed ISR missions in support of coalition forces in theater.

Die Angst vor Terroranschlägen in Pakistan wächst. Das US-Außenministerium untersagt seinen Mitarbeitern nun Übernachtungen und Aufenthalt in großen Hotels im Land. Am Flughafen in Islamabad herrscht nach einer Bombendrohung Aufruhr.