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Afghanistan
Afghan Special Forces arrest ISIS-K militants plotting suicide attacks
2018-07-03
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Special Forces of the Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS), have tossed in the slammer
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
at least three ISIS Khurasan Death Eaters who were plotting suicide kabooms against the Afghan forces.

The provincial government office in Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
said the Death Eaters were arrested from Behsud district on Sunday during an operation of the NDS Special Forces.

The governor’s office further added that the detained individuals have been identified as Qari Abbbas, Abdul Rashid, and Azam Khan who were planning to carry out attacks on Afghan forces in Kunar province
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
This comes as the local officials had earlier said that a key ISIS Khurasan group member who was in charge of coordinating in the urban areas and expert in producing Improvised Explosive Devices was killed during an operation of the Afghan armed forces.

According to the local officials, the key ISIS Khurasan group member was killed in Jalalabad city the historic provincial capital of Nangarhar province.

The officials further added that the Special Forces of the Afghan intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), conducted an operation in Muqam Khan area of Behsud, resulting into the killing of a key ISIS Khurasan group member, who was famous as Muhajir.
Posted by:Fred

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