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Afghanistan: Security forces arrest key ISIS leader

Afghanistan: Security forces arrest key ISIS leader

| @indiablooms | 12 May 2020, 08:03 am

Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan security forces have arrested three ISIS terrorists in Kabul city of the country, media reports said.

Zia-Ul-Haq, known as Abu Omar Khorasani, the ISIS leader for south and east areas of Asia was arrested along with Saheeb, head of public relations, and Abu Ali, the group’s intelligence head, reported Tolo News.

Police and NDS special forces apprehended the men in the Kart-e-Naw area in PD8 of Kabul city, according to the NDS’s statement as quoted by the news portal.

Omar Khorasani is a citizen of Afghanistan and he was arrested by the security forces from Kabul.

Meanwhile, an explosion occurred at the entrance to a hospital in the Afghan capital of Kabul, and militants then entered the building, 1TV broadcaster reported on Tuesday, citing a doctor working at the hospital.

This was a suicide bombing, 1TV specified. Only some staffers have managed to leave the hospital, Sputnik news agency reported on Tuesday.

A gun fight is ongoing in the building, with militants using hand grenades, 1TV added, citing a security source.

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