Afghan police and international peacekeepers raided a compound in the capital early Monday, arresting eight men suspected of ties to both al-Qaida and a group loyal to a banned Afghan warlord, a peacekeeping spokesman said. A man believed to be a senior member of renegade warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hezb-e-Islami group was believed to be among the detained suspects, Cmdr. Chris Henderson told a news conference. Henderson would not reveal the names or nationalities of any of those arrested, but said authorities had seized weapons, explosives and documents that showed the suspects had links to both groups. Full Story
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