Police defuse car bomb, arrest one in eastern Afghanistan: official

KABUL, June 28– The Afghan National Police personnel have defused a car bomb and arrested a suspected militant in the country’s eastern province of Khost, an Interior Ministry official said on Monday. An ANP bomb disposal team defused a car bomb, deputy spokesperson of the ministry Ahmad Zia Zia told Xinhua. The militants tried to use the vehicle for conducting a…

KABUL, June 28 (Xinhua) — The Afghan National Police (ANP) personnel have defused a car bomb and arrested a suspected militant in the country’s eastern province of Khost, an Interior Ministry official said on Monday.

“On Sunday evening, an explosive-packed mini-truck was found by ANP in Nadir Shah Kot district, Khost province. An ANP bomb disposal team defused a car bomb, deputy spokesperson of the ministry Ahmad Zia Zia told Xinhua.

One arrest was made as the terrorists placed over 3,000 kg of explosive under the construction bricks in the vehicle, he said.

The militants tried to use the vehicle for conducting a terrorist attack in the province, 150 km southeast of Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, the official noted.

Taliban militants, who ruled the country before being ousted in late 2001, have intensified armed insurgency, killing government troops as well as civilians.

They frequently attack district offices, military camps, government installations and security checkpoints while the government troops respond with airstrikes on militant targets in the countryside. Enditem