NATO installing scanners in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, June 25 (UPI) -- NATO has begun deploying advanced scanning technology at airports in Afghanistan to increase threat detection capabilities.

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."