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Seven suspected terrorists detained in Kabul

24 May 2010 18:40 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. The Afghan intelligence department said on Monday it has arrested seven persons in Kabul suspected in a number of terrorist suicide car bombings in the city, APA reports quoting â€œThe Hinduâ€.
â€œWe detained a dangerous terrorist group comprised of seven members in capital who designed recent suicide car bomb assaults on Afghans and foreigners,â€ Sayed Ansari, spokesman of the Afghan National Security Directorate told a press conference in Kabul.
He said the group was suspected in a bomb blast in Kabul which killed 37 Afghan nationals and injured 377 other people, and in a bombing in the capital last week which killed six foreign soldiers.
â€œThe detainees are all Afghans who received suicide attack training in Pakistan,â€ the spokesman added.
Afghanistan has often accused Pakistanâ€™s intelligence agency of supporting Talibanâ€”led groups but Pakistan refutes such charges.
Meanwhile, at least eight civilians were killed in separate incidents in different parts of Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said Monday.
A passenger bus was blown up by a bomb Monday in the western province of Farah, killing at least five civilians and wounding eight others, the ministry said.
â€œThe Toyota bus was taking passengers to the provincial capital when a roadside bomb planted by enemies of Afghanistan hit it,â€ it said.
â€œThree civilians including a child were killed and three others were wounded in multiple incidents in northâ€”western province of Faryab province on Sunday,â€ the ministry said.
Four civilians were reported missing, it added.
The insurgents have recently increased their activities against Afghan and international forces during their summer offensive.