[ RadSafe ] Uranium Smuggled to Afghanistan from Russia : Ivanov

[Gerry Blackwood]

Uranium Smuggled to Afghanistan from Russia : Ivanov

   Pak Tribune 
   2/13/2005 
    
   Russia has disclosed that suspected uranium-containing boxes were smuggled to Afghanistan. 

Russian Defence Minister Sergiev Ivanov conceded the uranium boxes had Russian language written on them, which were smuggled to Kabul to malign Moscow. He added that a probe was underway in the Russian Atomic Defence Commission in this regard. 

According to BBC report, the minister told Russian TV channel that a conspiracy was continuing to create suspicion about the security measures for the Russian nuclear weapons and uranium. He claimed that they received some information that boxes in the name of Russian enriched uranium were being sold in black market in Afghanistan. According to him, these boxes were fake. 

However, the minister did not say as to where they saw this material and about any contact with Afghan government in this respect. 

He also expressed deep concern over the failure of the Afghan government and world community to prevent drug trafficking in that country. He claimed that most of the money earned from drug smuggling goes to terrorists.