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Afghanistan: Members of a prominent terror gang of Taliban arrested in Kabul

| @indiablooms | Feb 22, 2019, at 09:57 am

Kabul, Feb 22 (IBNS): Afghanistan security forces have arrested  at least four members of a prominent terror gang of Taliban group  during an operation in Kabul city, media reports said on Friday.

The Taliban group members who belonged to one of the most destructive networks of the group were arrested during an operation of the Special Forces of Afghan Intelligence which was conducted in the vicinity of the 5th police district of Kabul city, the National Directorate of Security, the intelligence directorate of Afghanistan said in a statement, reported Khaama Press.

The arrested people were identified as Abdullah son of Gul Rasool who is the leader of the network, Humayoun son of Majnoon, Maiwand son of Sharbat, and Faridullah alias AhmadZia son of Redi Gul.

The detained individuals have confessed that they were recruited in Taliban ranks by one of the Taliban group leaders Asadullah Nasrat in Paghman district of Kabul and were busy in bombings, armed robberies, assassinations, harassments, and lootings in Kabul city, according to the National Directorate of Security, reported the Afghanistan-based news agency.

 

 

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