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NDS arrests 4 terrorists, Seizes explosive materials in Zabul
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Afghanistan National Directorate Security (NDS) found an organization of terrorist attacks in Zabul and arrested four terrorists on Thursday.
Officials in NDS said that they have also seized 570 kilograms of explosive materials, few landmines and a suicide vest from the terrorists.
According to NDS, the terrorists were involved in many incidents of terrorism in Qalat, the provincial capital of Zabul.
Zabul is a known transit point and staging ground for Taliban and al Qaeda.
Zabul province is a known haven for terrorists in the Afghan southeast. Terrorist’s presence in Zabul has been detected in the districts of Shah Joy, Shamulzai, Tarnak wa Jaldak, and Qalat; or four of Zabul’s 11 districts, according to an investigation by The Long War Journal.
The province is an ideal staging and transit point for al Qaeda and allied groups operating from Pakistan. Zabul shares a border with Pakistan, and also borders the Afghan provinces of Uruzgan, Kandahar, Ghazni, and Paktika.