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Taliban weapon facilitator detained in Afghanistan

Xinhua, March 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

A Taliban weapon facilitator has been captured in Afghan province of Logar near the country's capital of Kabul, National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Tuesday.

"The personnel of NDS have detained a Taliban weapons facilitator following a recent special operation in Du Bandi village, Khoshi district, eastern Logar province," NDS, the country's national spy agency, said in a statement.

One AK-47 rifle, 16 landmines, 415 kg explosive materials, 29 mortar shell fuses were among other items seized in the operation, the statement said, without identifying the captured man.

Seven vehicles were also confiscated by the NDS after the raid in the province, some 60 km south of Kabul, the statement said.

The militants tried to use the discovered ammunition for conducting terror attacks in Logar and surrounding areas, it said.

Taliban has yet to make comments. Enditem