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| Afghanistan | ||
| 5 killed as Special Forces bust major network led by ISIS, Haqqani Network in Kabul | ||
| 2020-05-07 | ||
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] The Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS), in a statement said the Special Forces of the directorate conducted the raid in Shakar Dara district and 11th district of Kabul city. The statement further added that the network was led by Sanaullah, a senior ISIS Leader who was also in charge of coordinating Haqqani Network’s activitities in urban areas. According to NDS, the network had carried out multiple attacks including rocket attack on presidential inauguration, attack on Sikh temple, attack on Mazari tomb and rocket attacks on Bagram airfield. The NDS Special Forces also arrested 8 other holy warriors during the raid, NDS said, adding that several weapons and munitions including 82mm rockets, mortar rounds, Dshk heavy machine gun and 250 kgs of explosives were confiscated.
“I congratulate @NDSAfghanistan for conducting a successful raid on IS-K & Haqani network safe house in north Kabul. Caches of weapons including the infamous knife & chair used 4 on camera throat cutting were found. The pile of evidence against terrorist & their sponsors going up,” Saleh said in a Twitter post.
Related: Shakar Dara district: 2019-08-21 Kabul: Talibs maybe torched girls school, 3 ISIS turbans tied up Shakar Dara district: 2019-07-29 Attackers Storm Afghan VP Candidate’s Office, Two Killed, IED Defused Earlier Shakar Dara district: 2019-07-17 Kabul City: Police defuse bomb, SF tie up 2 Talib sympathizers | ||
| Posted by:Fred |