Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Planner of rocket attack on Presidential Palace arrested
Kabul: Afghanistan security forces have arrested the organizer of the rocket attacks on the Presidential Palace during Eid prayers along with three others from Kabul city, media reports said on Monday.
The arrests were made during an Afghan special forces operation in PD5 of Kabul city, Tolo News reported.
Afghanistan's Interior Ministry’s spokesman Miriwais Stankezai told Tolo News “the main organizer's name is Momen and he was also involved in several attacks in Paghman district of Kabul.”
“All of these people arrested are members of the Taliban,” he said.
The Taliban has not commented on the matter so far.
No injury was reported in the attack so far.
No group has claimed responsibility for the incident so far.
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