Afghan authorities have seized and destroyed two tonnes of explosives in Kabul, the country’s intelligence agency said on Wednesday, thwarting dozens of potential bomb attacks after a recent spate of
Hassan Rouhani
Afghan authorities have seized and destroyed two tonnes of explosives in Kabul, the country’s intelligence agency said on Wednesday, thwarting dozens of potential bomb attacks after a recent spate of deadly Taliban raids.
The ammonium nitrate was stuffed in 20 bags sent by the Taliban-allied Haqqani network from neighbouring Pakistan, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said.
The material was discovered during an official raid on a Kabul neighbourhood on Monday. “This amount of explosive material is enough for four or five powerful car bombs or hundreds of smaller bombs,” an Afghan official said.
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