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Afghanistan
Sweep Nets Bad Guys, Weapons
2002-04-12
  • International peacekeepers and Afghan forces have swooped on Taliban-al Qaeda hideouts in Kabul, arresting rebels suspected of firing rockets on the capital and seizing 151 Chinese-made rockets, officials said on Thursday. Rocket-propelled grenades, mines and rifles were also seized on Wednesday in what was believed to be the biggest discovery of rebel weapons since peacekeepers arrived in December. General Deen Mohammad Joorat, the Interior Ministry security chief, said there were more arrests of suspects in a plot to kill interim leader Hamid Karzai and ex-King Zahir Shah. "We have also arrested a number of people in Kabul for firing rockets on installations of the ISAF," Joorat told Reuters. "These people seem to have links with the Taliban and al Qaeda."

    Joorat said the weapons haul foiled plans for more rocket attacks on the 18-nation International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul after two of the 107 mm rockets landed near one of its main installations earlier in the week. Later, four more rockets set to be fired by timers were found aimed at ISAF bases. The raids were part of efforts to stamp out a surge of violence in the past week that has included an assassination attempt on Defense Minister Mohammad Fahim, a rocket attack on peacekeepers and attacks on aid workers.
    Either the government's getting more confident, or that bomb scared Fahim into whuppin' some butt. Or both.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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