KABUL) personnel in southern Kandahar province, the spy service said on Sunday.
A statement received by Pajhwok Afghan News from the NDS said Special Forces held six members of the Taliban’s Quetta Council during search operations in Maiwand, Zherai and Mianshin districts.
It alleged the detainees had been sent to Kandahar province by their Quetta-based leaders for terrorist and destructive activities.
They received military and terrorist training in Ishaqabad locality of Quetta city and had a direct role in several terror attacks in certain areas of Kandahar province, the statement claimed.
There has been no word from the Taliban about the arrests so far.
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