16-year-old suicide bomber arrested in Laghman

KABUL: (MEP) – A teenager suicide bomber was arrested by Afghan security forces in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan on Thursday.

Afghan intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the teenager suicide bomber was arrested along with a suicide bombing vest from Mehtarlam city.

NDS following a statement said the 16-year-old suicide bomber was recognized as Khalid “Fedye” who was looking to target the presidential and provincial council election campaigns in Mehtarlam.

The detained suicide bomber has confessed that he has received suicide bombing trainings in Peshawar city of Pakistan for a period of two months, NDS said in its statement.