[Quqnoos] Seven suicide bombers were detained by Afghan intelligence forces in the western Herat province, according to officials. Two men, who wanted to attack ISAF and Afghan forces on the highway leading to Herat airport, were arrested before blowing themselves up, Herat Police Chief Gen Esmatullah Ali Zai said.
| ^holds gun to man's head^ "Take off that suicide vest or I'll kill you right here!" |
"The two suicide bombers were from Kabul and Herat and they are under investigation," the police official further said.
In a separate incident, three suicide bombers and two Taliban militants were arrested in Nimroz, southwestern Afghanistan, the provincial governor Ghulam Dastgir Azad said.
Police and security forces detained five other suicide bombers in a house some 15 km from Zarange, the capitol of Nimroz province Tuesday at 11:00am, said Quqnoos' correspondent in Herat. Three of the bombers were armed with RPGs that were Iranian-made, Ghulam Dastgir added.
According to the provincial governor of Nemroz yesterday, a Taliban commander and a Mullah of a mosque were also arrested in the Khashrod district of the northeastern Nimroz province. |