SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan, Mar 27 (NNN-ANA) – Afghan security forces have discovered a weapon cache and mine-making centre of the Daesh, in Shiberghan, the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan province, the provincial police chief said, yesterday.
Acting on a tip-off, the security forces raided a house in Sakhi Abad village of Shiberghan, on Saturday, and discovered a variety of arms and ammunition, including a suicide vest, hand grenades and objects used in making mines and explosive devices, Shah Mohammad Ahmadi, said.
The official didn’t say whether anyone had been arrested.
However, the police chief claimed that the Daesh-affiliated militants were planning to launch subversive activities, but their plot had been foiled.
In similar operations, the Afghan security forces discovered and seized arms and ammunition, including 17 AK-47 assault rifles, in the eastern Kunar province.
The Afghan forces have intensified their crackdown on the rival Daesh outfit, and in the latest operations have killed four Daesh-affiliated militants, on the outskirts of Kabul, over the past week.– NNN-ANA
