KHOST, Afghanistan, Oct 10 (NNN-ANA) – Eight suspected members of the Daesh militants, have been arrested in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province, a provincial official confirmed today.
“Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, arrested eight members of the Daesh group, in surrounding areas of Khost city, capital of Khost in recent days,” Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, head of provincial cultural and information directorate, said.
He said, the arrestees confessed that they were planning to conduct attacks in the province, 150 km in the south-east of Afghanistan’s Kabul.
The arrested men were shifted to related departments for screening and interrogation, according to Usmani.
The security situation remained generally calm but uncertain across Afghanistan, since the Taliban’s takeover in mid-Aug.
However, a spate of bomb attacks were staged by Daesh-affiliated militants in Kabul and Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, in recent weeks.
