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HUGH MEGA ATTACKS FOILED IN AFGHANISTAN

HUGH MEGA ATTACKS FOILED IN AFGHANISTAN

 

 



Afghan security officials said, on Saturday 04/21/2012, they have foiled a huge attack in the capital Kabul, as they gave details of the seizure of 10 tonnes of explosives. The explosives were found in a truck seized along with five militants in an operation last Sunday 04/15/2012, a National Directorate of Security spokesman said.

The group was planning to kill the second vice-president, Mohammad Khalili and attack crowded areas, he said. The arrests happened during a wave of insurgent attacks around the country (see – Kabul 04.15.12). The discovery was kept quiet because of the sensitive nature of the operation, NDS spokesman Shafiqullah Tahiri said. The explosives were stuffed in 400 bags and hidden under piles of potatoes.

The spokesman said the five suspects had links with Pakistan’s main intelligence organisation, the Inter-Services Intelligence agency, or ISI, and were acting on the orders of two Taliban commanders (see -I.S.I Involvement). Afghanistan has often accused the ISI of involvement in supporting anti-government insurgents in Afghanistan.

A video detailing the group’s plans was also found, along with suicide vests and weapons, the spokesman said. Earlier, another spokesman said the men – three Pakistani citizens and two Afghans – were thought to belong to the Pakistan-based Haqqani Network run by Badruddin Haqqani

 

 

 

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