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| 16 busted in Kabul | ||
| 2004-04-28 | ||
| International peacekeepers and Afghan security forces on Wednesday arrested 16 men suspected of plotting to smuggle rockets and other weapons into Kabul, a spokesman for the NATO-led force said. Two rockets were found in a compound about nine miles from the capital, Kabul, and the men were arrested in a raid on two homes at a second compound nearby, said Cdr. Chris Henderson, a spokesman for the peacekeepers. "This operation was based on hard intelligence that indicated a transit route for munitions into Kabul, including the use of donkeys as a means of transporting rockets," Henderson said.
In other operations, a man was arrested with explosives outside the Finance Ministry on Apr. 21, and a cache of 48 Chinese-made 107mm rockets was found and destroyed in mountains southwest of the capital on Sunday. Henderson said security forces were receiving important intelligence from those arrested. "Such information frequently leads security agencies to other individuals or groups who threaten the city," he said. "One success breeds the next one."
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| Posted by:Dan Darling |