AT News Report-KABUL: Five Haqqani Network members have been arrested carrying 135 walkie-talkies during a raid in Kabul, the intelligence agency said on Saturday.
A statement from the national directorate of security said the arrests were in the limits of the 8th police district. It added the detainees had been tasked with distributing the walkie-talkies to fighters in deferent provinces. The exact date of the arrests was not mentioned in the statement.
The statement comes hours after a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed vehicle on a sports stadium in southern Helmand, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens more.