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Haqqani network attacks foiled in Kabul city, 3 suspects arrested by NDS
 [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghan intelligence operatives foiled attack plots by the notorious Haqqani terrorist network in Kabul...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... city, the National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS) said. According to a statement by NDS, a group of 3 suspects were jugged Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! in connection to the attack plots. The statement further added that the suspects were involved in plotting and coordinating the attacks in crowded parts of the city. No further details were given regarding the exact location where the suspects were looking to carry out attacks but NDS said 8 Improvised Explosive Device, a pistol and 11 mobile phone sets were confiscated from the suspects. NDS also did not provide further information regarding the location from where the suspects were arrested. This comes as the Afghan intelligence operatives have foiled a terrorist attack plot by the Haqqani terrorist network on a hotel in capital Kabul last month. The intelligence operatives foiled at least four large attack plots by Haqqani terrorist network in capital Kabul last month. Haqqani network was formed in the late 1970s by Jalaluddin Haqqani ...founder and still titular head of the Haqqani Network. Jalaluddin is old and tough and very crafty, one of the few Pashtun warlords who was worth spit... . The group is allied with al-Qaeda and the Afghan Taliban and cooperates with other terrorist organizations in the region. The network is accused of staging numerous cross-border attacks from their base in North  Wazoo, including the 19-hour siege at the US Embassy in Kabul in September 2011.Posted by: Fred 2016-05-05 |
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