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NDS Foils Assassination Attempt on Takhar Provincial Council
 [Tolo News] Afghan cops have cooled for a few yearsYou have the right to remain silent... two people for attempting to assassinate Takhar provincial council members, Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Sunday. The pair had placed explosives in a computer hard drive at the provincial council offices and were planning to detonate it during a council meeting, NDS media centre chief Shafiqullah Taheri said. "Amir Shah, a resident of Taluqan the capital city of Takhar and a computer operator at the provincial council office, and Shahpoor, a resident of Yangi Qala [district] and a student at the faculty of agriculture at Takhar University, who placed bombs in a computer system and planned to explode it in Takhar's provincial council meeting, have been tossed in the slammer," Book 'im, Mahmoud! Taheri said in a presser. In a separate incident, a person who planned to attack Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. 's airport was also cooled for a few years You have the right to remain silent... by NDS officials, Taheri said. The person trained in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar and was sent to Jalalabad to launch a suicide kaboom on the airport, according to the NDS. "He was trained by Mawlawi Nik Mohammad in Peshawar and was sent to launch a suicide attack on Jalalabad airport," Taheri said, without providing more details. Taheri said at the conference that the Taliban are trying to create opportunities during the spring and target government officials to appear to escalate their attacks. "Taliban are trying to take full advantage of the spring season and assassinate high-ranking government officials, but the NDS officials well not let them do so," he said. The Taliban released a statement last week saying they would launch their "spring offensive" on May 3, suggesting that their attacks would become bigger or more frequent compared to their attacks during the winter. On May 3, the NDS cooled for a few years You have the right to remain silent... a Pak national who was driving a truck laden with explosives in Kabul. Posted by: Fred 2012-05-08 |
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