The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has said a senior Taliban leader was arrested during an operation in central Logar province while at least 60 others were killed during the counter-terrorism operations. “Yesterday evening, a senior armed Taliban member named Shaista Mohammad was arrested when Afghan National Police launched a special operation in Qala-e-Ghafar village, Pul-e-Alam City capital of Logar province,” MoI said in a statement. The statement further added that Shaista Mohammad was involved in…
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The Afghan National Police (ANP) forces thwarted at least 8 explosion plots in the city in past two weeks besides arresting around 597 people on various criminal charges. Kabul Police Chief General Abdul Rahman Rahimi told reporters that the suspects were arrested in connection to organized crimes, including murder, robbery, smuggling of drugs, morale crimes, possession of illegal weapons, and attempts to disrupt the order of the city. Gen. Rahimi further added that the militants…