Twenty-five suspected militants arrested in Kabul, explosives found
Twenty-five suspected militants were arrested in a pre-dawn swoop and a cache of explosives was seized in Kabul just a week ahead of Afghanistan’s historic presidential elections, officials and intelligence sources said.An Afghan intelligence source told AFP the men were detained after a shipping container holding explosives, rockets and a waistcoat of the type used in suicide bombings was discovered. Lieutenant Commander Ken Mackillop of the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Afghanistan told a news conference the men were arrested early Saturday in the Pul-I-Charkhi area of eastern Kabul.Full Story