MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Foreign members of Daesh group have been arrested in northern Balkh province, an official said on Thursday.
Balkh governor Mohammad FarhadAzimi told a press conference here that some foreigners and their families linked with Daesh were captured in Dehdadi district and Mazar-i-Sharif city, the provincial capital, on Wednesday night during eight different raids by security forces.
Azimi added the operations were conducted to find a kidnapped child, Abdul Maroof, but the raids resulted in the arrest of foreign members of Daesh.
He said the foreigners and their families and children were in police custody . . .
