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| Suicide Bombers Arrested in Afghan Capital |
| 2010-04-09 |
| [Quqnoos] Afghan security forces have arrested five would-be suicide bombers Thursday in Kabul -- the largest group of suicide bomber ever detained in the capital "If this team had made it through it would have been a disaster as we've seen in past instances," said Abdul Ghafar, deputy commander of the Afghan National Police crisis unit. The arrest has apparently avoided a repetition of last February's coordinated attack on an Indian guesthouse and a shopping mall in Kabul, in which at least 17 people, including 9 Indian nationals, were killed. The group was arrested in southeastern part of the city. The bombers were sent by the Al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network, operating along the Pakistani-Afghan borders. "Today's operation marks a big success," Ghafar said. "Our capacities are improving day by day and also our ability to uncover such plots is improving day by day." |
| Posted by:Fred |