JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Twelve militants have been killed in the Momandara district of eastern Nangarhar province while a man with 100 bags of explosives arrested, an official said on Wednesday.
Deputy Police Chief Col. Saleem Totakhel said 45 bags of Ammonium Nitrate and 140 metres of explosive wire recovered from a man named Abdul Malik in Jalalabad City.
He said Malik also stored 55 bags of more Ammonium Nitrate in a house in the Shagi locality of the lower Kunar district.
He said the arrested man confiscated his crime and investigation had been launched.
Separately, 12 militants, including three Pakistanis have been killed in the Momandara district during a military operation.
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