JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Intelligence forces have seized 56 sacks of gunpowder in eastern Nangarhar province.
201 Khalid Bin Waleed Corps officials say the explosives were found in a house and one person has been arrested in connection with it.
The Corps spokesman, Wahidullah Mohammadi, told Pajhwok Afghan News that intelligence personnel of the corps raided a house in Daman area of Jalalabad and seized the gunpowder.
The Ministry of Defense also confirmed the seizure in a statement.
The ministry said the detainee wanted to use the dynamite in destructive activities.
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