Arresting of a suicide attacker with 1 ton of explosives in Paktika

KABUL: (Middle East Press) a deadly explosion thwarted in eastern Paktika province by The Afghan intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday.

NDS officials said a suicide bomber was arrested along with a vehicle containing one mass of explosives in order to launch a poisonous attack.

The officials further added that the suicide bomber was looking to carry out a suicide attack during the first day of Eid in Jameh mosque of Sharan city.

Haseeb Sediqi, spokesman for the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the truck laden with explosives was confiscated during an operation on Sunday in Orgun district.

Sediqi further added that the attack plot in Miranshah city of Northern Waziristan by Haqqani terrorist network.

He said the arrested suicide attacker has confessed that he was looking to launch an attack during the first day of Eid in Jameh mosque of Sharan city.