Afghan forces arrest 8 ISIS group members in Kabul
[Khaama Press] The Afghan security forces have arrested at least eight group members of the ISIS terrorist group in capital Kabul, the Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS) said.
According to a statement by NDS, the ISIS group members were arrested during separate operations conducted in various parts of the capital.
The statement further added that the militants were busy recruiting militants for the terror group besides plotting attacks.
According to NDS, the detained individuals have been identified as Javid, Bilal, Sediqullah, Qudrullah, Ikramhullah, Mohibullah, and Ali Ahmad.
The detained individuals have confessed that they were involved in various terrorist-related activities in the capital, including plotting attacks and hiring militants for the ISIS ranks.
In the meantime, NDS said the detained individuals were also collecting funds for the terror group besides carrying out targeted assassinations.
The ISIS loyalists and other militant and terrorist groups have not commented regarding the report so far.
This comes as the Afghan intelligence operatives discovered a major hideout of the terror group from Kabul city nearly two weeks and days after the terror group claimed responsibility for a series of attacks in the city.
Afghanistan impose travel ban on 4 individuals after Kabul hotel attack
[Khaama Press] The Afghan government has imposed travel ban on four individuals in connection to the deadly attack on Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul city.
Sources privy of the development have said that the individuals cannot leave the country based on the travel bans imposed amid ongoing investigations into the incident.
The sources further added that the Attorney General Office of Afghanistan has banned the head and deputy of Kabul-Balkh Security Company along with a foreign national and the head of the Hotel in connection to the incident.
The sources further added that the investigations are still being conducted into the incident and furthe details will be released later.
A group of armed insurgents launched a coordinated attack on Intercontinental Hotel nearly three weeks ago, sparking a gun battle that lasted for several hours, leaving more than 20 people dead.
The Afghan intelligence chief Masoom Stanikzai had earlier said that five people have been arrested in connection to the incident by the intelligence operatives.
Speaking during a press conference two weeks ago, Stanikzai said one of the individuals involved in the attack has managed to flee the country.
The Taliban group claimed responsibility behind the attack but the Afghan officials are saying that the attack was planned and executed by the Haqqani terrorist network having sanctuaries outside the country.