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2 would-be suicide bombers affiliated with IS detained in Afghanistan

Xinhua, November 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

Personnel of law enforcing agencies have captured two would-be suicide bombers loyal to the Islamic State (IS) group in Kabul, said a statement of National Directorate for Security (NDS) Tuesday.

"Two suicide bombers affiliated with Islamic State terrorist group were captured in 5th Police District of Kabul city recently," the statement added.

Both the arrested would-be suicide bombers are teenagers and National Directorate for Security or the country's spy agency in its statement asked the parents not to allow their children to be recruited by terrorist groups. Enditem