Originally appeared at ZeroHedge
A fuel tanker truck explosion on the Iran-Afghanistan border on Saturday caused a chain reaction of blasts so large it could be observed from space.
According to the Associated Press, “Two explosions at the border crossing were powerful enough to be spotted from space by NASA satellites. One blast erupted around 1:10 p.m. Afghan time (0840 GMT), the next around a half hour later at 1:42 p.m. local (0912 GMT).”
Video of the massive fuel tanker explosion today on the #Iran–#Afghanistan border. pic.twitter.com/1iMo4taaF7
— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) February 13, 2021
Iranian state TV is reporting that over 500 trucks transporting natural gas and fuel caught fire as the explosions intensified.
The blaze continued through the day at the Islam Qala border crossing, which is among the busiest border and commercial transit routes connecting Iran and Afghanistan.
While multiple injured have been rushed to the hospital, emergency workers have struggled to assess casualties given the blaze’s intensity made the whole area difficult to access.
It’s as yet unclear whether the fuel convoy was subject to attack, or if the fire ignited accidentally.
The AP notes, however, that “The road between the city of Herat and Islam Qala is a dangerous stretch of highway that Afghans rarely travel at night for fear of attacks by criminal gangs. Taliban insurgents also travel freely in the area.”
Afghan officials say at least 8 people have been injured after explosion hits tankers at Eslam Qaleh customs post in #Afghanistan Herat province near border with #Iran. Massive damage is also reported. Cause of incident is still unknown. pic.twitter.com/HbNJmfYnRY
— Habib Abdolhossein (@HAbdolhossein) February 13, 2021
And further, AP explained, “The United States allows Afghanistan to import fuel and oil from Iran as part of a special concession that exempts Kabul from sanctions against Iran. Satellite photos taken Saturday showed dozens of tankers parked at the border crossing before the explosion.”
Currently, the Iranian Army has been called upon to join emergency crews attempting to put out the blaze, which reportedly also destroyed buildings at the border crossing
Smells like gefilte fish
Thats how it is. Even muslims like the rest of us smell like pigs, when they burn.
When you Burn you’ll smell Sulfur boy…cuz Lucifer is waiting for you….
Haha. Maybee Lucifer wont take me.
Yay….this is the first time that I hear you say something that might be close to the Truth…
The Afghans have had war and misery for over 40 years now and Iran and India are trying to bring some relief to the plight of the poor people, however, US and Pakistan are playing the usual spoiler role by bringing in and supporting the worst extremist Salafist terrorists from Syria. Indian Foreign Minister was in Tehran last week and provided Iran with evidence of ISI support for terrorists.
They will never get out of there if not chased.
Frankly, the only way the US will leave the region is by an armed resistance and costly casualties.
Iran needs to start paying more security attention to its eastern lawless borders that are now CIA training grounds for Wahhabi terrorists. The BLA needs to be supported and armed by all major players, including Russia.
Iran will need a more robust military presence in the east the deadbroke basketcase of Pakistan as Kissinger called it in 1971 is falling apart and there are over 220 million Hungary and starving Wahhabi terrorist Pakistanis who will need to be fenced in.
Always remembering that a single US death is equivalent to several thousand furriners.
Iran could make or break the US war in Afghanistan
Iran exerts considerable economic and political influence in Afghanistan and
its cooperation is essential if the US wishes to end a 16-year war. A hostile Iran which has a strong linguistic, cultural and religious influence on Afghanistan, especially in the Tajik and Hazara majority areas held by the Northern Alliance, Iran could make like a living hell for US occupation forces.
Persian imperial dynasties once ruled large parts of it, including the major western city of Herat. About 15 percent of Afghans adhere to Shia Islam, the majority faith of Iran, while Dari, one of Afghanistan’s main languages, is a dialect of Persian.
It’s a retaliation for Iran’s attack on U.S convoys in Iraq.
Don’t think so, the Pakis are upset as they are losing Baluchistan and the Afghan government is supporting the BLA which is targeting Chinese assets and Paki military in occupied Baluchistan. The explosion was intended to hurt the Afghan government which has excellent ties with Iran and India. Afghanistan benefits much more than India from the Chah Bahar super port as 90% of its trade goes through it. The explosion was on the Afghan side, even though the resourceful Iranians quickly put out the fire and helicoptered the victims to their hospitals.
The Taliban just held high-level talks with Iran’s leaders, not more than a week ago. Are you saying they sabotaged Iran despite negotiating to cooperate against the U.S? Not likely. These attacks are happening just after U.S military convoys come under attack in Iraq.
That is very naive as US has to pay for this fuel. The only other route is the expensive and corrupt Pakistani route via Karachi.
Two questions for you: Who replaces the burnt trucks? Which country owns them? How does the U.S pay for Afghanistan’s oil from Iran? Please explain.
Pakistan is a failed lawless terrorist state and China has wasted billions on Gwader and there is still no security as the Baluch are fighting a full scale liberation war, so Chah Bahar is now the primary trade gate to Central Asia and Afghanistan. Just recently the presidents of the three friendly states met in Tehran. The CIA and Pakistan are doing their utmost to destabilize Afghanistan and to keep the war and US occupation going.
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Frankly, HELLO, this is not a very big deal, the Iranians have it in control and have just put the fires out on the Afghan side and taken the 10 wounded to Iranian hospitals in Birjand. Two tankers were destroyed and a customs building was burnt. Luckily, no Iranian casualties.
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Thats the Iranien version of the Silkroad.
afghanistan is ocuppied by the US for 20 year now! its being run by NATO which means your stpid ass can’t provide security! we on the other hand ofcourse have sent all the help they need for this incident the moment they called
The Pakis and US are trying to totally destabilize Afghanistan by bringing in Salafist terrorists from Arab countries to fight the growing Baluch freedom struggle against the murderous Paki army and also weaken the Iranian, Indian and Russian supported Northern Alliance of the late Ahmad Shah Mosaoud.
Strategic blow to Iran’s oil / gas exports.
Iranian exports of product have increased markedly despite U.S. sanctions. This is simply causing hardship to Kabul, a govt the Iranians helped the U.S. install post the bombing of the Taliban out of power from Kabul in 2001.
Chah Bahar is becoming the largest port in the region and India’s gateway to the riches of Central Asia.
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So, basically since Brzezinski turned Pakistan into a Wahhabi shit hole, there’s other way around? That right.
Yes, Pakistan is a British created shithole like Israel and was created to sow mayhem in the region.
It wasn’t always this bad. Ali Jinnah wasn’t this stupid. I just don’t believe this how this paki freaks are stupid.
Jinnah was not even a Muslim, but a corrupt British agent. The devious British did not want a united India so they created this cancer, just like Zionists in Palestine.
So he was something like a Wahhabi prick or such.
Frankly, Jinnah was a British created asset and could not even speak the Pakistani national language of Urdu and ate pork, drank whisky and chain smoked and was killed and left to die on the street after the British used him. Like all traitors he died on the streets like a dog.
I visited Chah Bahar in the 70’s when it was just a small fishing village, but the US MAAG team acknowledged its strategic location and deep blue sea natural harbor. The Iranians were building one of their most modern completely underground airbase in the hills surrounding the port. Only the three U shaped runways were visible to the eye. I understand that now they have based F-14A and SU-30 at their Chah Bahar base for long range missions over the Indian Ocean.
when the disunited states of exceptional assh-les, washington dc, reintroduced the sanction regime on Iran they excepted the Chabahar Port since that was the main port for the delusional idiots in washington dc to bring their stuff to Afghanistan. for some reason I think it was accepted by teheran and so it goes. economic necessities trumps real politics.
No you moron. The US taxpayers will be slugged more.
The poor chap is burning with anti-Iran blind hatred and is always wrong on every count. Iran is lucky to have got rid of such treacherous MEK losers who can only went frustrations on the internet.
Who cares, my man?
Frankly, I don’t a give a flying fuck with trolls.
Good policy Frank. Deprive the troll of attention and they die.
He is quite a peculiar one dimensional sort of a troll suffering deep trauma over Iranian revolution. His whole narrative is based on deceit and lies. Not a very effective troll to be struck down every day.
Don’t bother your self, man.
It is just to bring some logic to these illiterate moron trolls.
Oil and gas is generally exported by pipelines. These are gasoline tankers supplying refined POL to energy dependent Afghanistan. Iran is one of largest gasoline refining nations on the planet with very high quality low sulfur products.
IDF or US Airforce F-35 doing good work! Not a single radar detect it
What, killing innocent people over some kind of sick blood lust?
No air defence works against sabotage. The US is now totally supporting Wahhabi extremists who are even more extreme than the ISI/Paki Taliban. These oil supplies go to the Iranian supported Northern Alliance and Herat is an old Iranian town. So the US as usual is supporting mayhem so that it can keep Afghanistan in turmoil and prolong the occupation. The only losers are the moderate Afghans who want an end to the conflict and occupation.
They are retaliating for Iran’s attack on U.S convoys in Iraq. If you think I’m lying, wait and see the attacks on U.S convoys suddenly stop.
How is a air defence going to work against saboteurs with a match?
No you dumb idiot, it is the alCIAda causing havoc as Iranian oil is keeping Afghanistan from total collapse. Now the US taxpayers will have to foot the bill for more expensive imports from Pakistan, another beggar like the Zionists. Think hard before trolling nonsense.
What I want to tell you is why do you waste your time with the punk? Let him have it.
You’re so dumb, above words.
and to the fuck you too
Talk is cheap, punk.
When IDF visit Serbia they smash your air defense too!
Talk is cheap punk.
who you call punk? I judo throw you into the ocean. Krav maga practice since soviet union collapse you know that? SHET HED
Bwahahahahahaha bwahahahahahaha bwahahahahahaha
to the shut up and fk off you go
Bwahahahaha, I ain’t Seb, you stupid goy.
you are cezch or croat piece of antisemt trash yes? I believe!
I ain’t, guess again you idiot, you Zionistic Antisemite.
Here’s the reality check,just so you duds think lifes just the joke is on you fullovits.
Faith without works is dead,actions speak LOUDER than words,don’t believe it,fine!
https://anti-empire.com/f-35-pilot-reveals-the-disappointing-truth-about-the-fighters-cockpit/
r u sure? I doubt. Israel modifies every fighter plane to be much better! IDF make F-35 Adir version! EASIER COCKPIT, better electronic jamming system, BETTER RADAR, better everything
That’s what you call a BLEVE, A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE, /ˈblɛviː/ BLEV-ee) is an explosion caused by the rupture of a vessel containing a pressurized liquid that has reached temperatures above its boiling point.
Most like Paki supported terrorists and 100% of Indian trade with Afghanistan goes from Chah Bahar to Herat. There is a growing independence movement in Pak-occupied Baluchistan.
The Chinese have taken over the Pakistan occupied Baluchistan port of Gwader which is behind schedule and unsafe, so Iranian natural deep sea port of Chah Bahar is now the primary mega port in the region and India has wisely invested in it. The rising Indian and Iranian influence is Afghanistan and central Asia is causing great discomfort to the US deep state and its Pakistani puppets. These acts of terrorism will only escalate as Pakistani failed state falters and acts as terror central.
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America’s retaliation for the militia attacks on U.S convoys in Iraq. It’s clear to see that 500+ trucks cannot all catch fire at the same time. People should have been able to escape and even rescue some trucks as soon as one catches fire. I’ve lived with local and international oil dealers for years. I know that trucks catch fire accidentally, but not so many at the same time. This would be due to explosives planted at intervals along a wide range. Accidents can only start from one truck, giving people time to escape. Again, I don’t think any such accidents happened in the past, at such a scale.
Biden is turning out to be tougher than Trump. First, the U.S killed 12 Iranian militias in Syria two days ago. Now, they cause such massive economic damage for Iran at a time the country is reeling from sanctions. The message is clear: We can expect a disproportionate attack on Iran’s interests as soon as the militias in Iraq bomb U.S convoys. What happens if they kill an American then?
Now, the bombings of U.S convoys in Iraq WILL STOP.
most likely the jews causing troubles where they can and when they can. and reason still argues that the jews must be taken off the face of earth now, they have misunderstood what is required to be a human being and is thus in contradiction to all that mankind understand to be the norm and the rule. and when you have failed to get the idea in a period stretching for more than 2000 years, your right to be part of mankind is gone, forfeited, terminated and it’s the duty of the rest of mankind to make certain the jews become an extinct race. no one needs the jews.