Senior IMU leader detained in Kunduz

KUNDUZ CITY (PAN) said on Tuesday.

A joint Afghan-international security force conducted the operation in pursuit of the IMU leader, a professional bomb maker, who was arrested in the Dashti Archi district.

ISAF accused the detainee of supervising the bomb-making process and leading attacks against Afghan and ISAF soldiers in the district. One insurgent was wounded during the operation.

The district chief, Sadruddin, identified the detainee as Ziaul Rahman, who led a 15-member militant group. Rahman, who recently returned from Pakistan, was arrested in a building near the district centre. An explosives-packed motorcycle was also seized during the operation.

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