A source close to national security department confirmed the detentions, but declined to shed light on the identity of detainees.A separate source said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of issue that two high-ranking officials were also among the detainees. One of the officials was serving as chief of staff to a leading official in defence ministry and the other was running a department in interior ministry.
Top officials in Defence Ministry have said that the raider was taken in by a contact inside the ministry.
"As I said before, defence ministry attacker is Atiqullah from south eastern Afghanistan and was living in London. He came to Afghanistan from London and then was taken to Northern Wazoo for training," Defence Ministry Spokesman Gen. Zaher Azimi said. "Then he was taken into the ministry by a driver of an official while the official was not aware of the process."
| A roundabout path, to be sure. |
"In defence ministry attack, an army soldier named Habibullah, senior aide of the commander for deputy defence minister, cooperated with the attacker to get inside the ministry compound and to kill some of our personalities," Political Analyst Jawid Kohistani said.
On 18th April a suicide bomber, dressed in army uniform, attempting to blow himself up inside the main building of Afghan Defence Ministry was rubbed out.
The incident led to the death of two Afghan cops and seven others were maimed.