Officials say the vehicle scanning initiative from the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency will allow security personnel to scan for explosive threats from a safe distance of more than 200 yards, NATO reported.

NATO says it is installing the non-invasive scanning equipment at the Kabul airport, Kandahar air field and at the International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul.

"These systems will provide the NATO-ISAF with an operational capability able to screen every single vehicle entering the base," Franco Fiore, NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency project manager, said in a statement.

"The ability to remotely operate the system from an operational control room … goes a long way to protect security personnel."