NDS Thwarts Deadly Car Bomb Attack In Nangarhar
KABUL: (Middle East Press) The Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) has thwarted a deadly car bomb attack plot in Jalalabad, in eastern capital of Nangarhar province on Tuesday morning, local officials said.
A statement issued by NDS states that the Taliban militants were looking to detonate a Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) in the city from Lalpur district via Gerdi Ghous area in Momand Darea district but the plot was thwarted by the security forces.
The statement adds that the VBIED was driven by two suicide bombers who had suicide vests in their bodies but the vehicle exploded during a gun battle with the security forces.
According to NDS, the attack was plotted by the Taliban military chief Abdul Halim Awalzai and the group’s district shadow governor for Lal Pur district.
The anti-government armed militant groups have not yet commented regarding the report so far.
Nangarhar is among the relatively volatile provinces in eastern Afghanistan where anti-government armed militant groups are actively operating in a number of its districts and often carry out insurgency activities.
