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Afghan police find 100 kg explosive, arrest 2 in Kabul
KABUL, Jan 13, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – The Afghan National Police found 100 kg
explosive materials and arrested two suspects in eastern side of Kabul,
reported local media Ariana News TV Saturday.
“The seizure took place late Thursday night in Pul-i-Charkhi locality. The
terrorists tried to transport the explosive together with nearly 3,000 time
bomb fuse sets for using the materials in terrorist attacks,” Haqnawaz
Haqyar, deputy police chief of Kabul, was quoted in the report as saying.
The arrested were shifted to concerned department for questioning,
according to the report.
The capital city with a population of nearly 5 million has been hit by
series of terror attacks over the past couple of years.
On Jan. 4, 13 police were killed and 18 people were injured when a suicide
bomber of Islamic State extremist group struck a protest along a road in
central neighborhood of Kabul.
BSS/XINHUA/GMR/1205 hrs