2021-03-14 13:05:35 GMT2021-03-14 21:05:35(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The personnel of Afghanistan's national intelligence agency have recently captured 19 militants in the country's eastern Nangarhar province, the province's governor said Sunday.
"The arrestees were captured in provincial capital Jalalabad city, Surkh Rod, Shinwar and Behsud districts within the past seven days," Governor Ziaulhaq Amarkhil told reporters.
The militants included 17 Taliban militants and two militants of the Islamic State (IS) group, he said.
The National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel also seized in their operations weapons and ammunition including suicide bomb vests, pistols, mines and one improvised explosive device, said the governor.