Afghan security forces have arrested a would-be suicide bomber and thwarted his plan to attack the Indian Consulate in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad city, bordering Pakistan, second such incident within a week.
Citing Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS), officials today said the forces yesterday arrested the suicide bomber who was planning to attack the Indian Consulate in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province.
The bomber, identified as Nasir, is a resident of Tagab district of north-eastern Kapisa province, Attaullah ludin, a spokesman for the provincial governor, was quoted as saying by the Tolonews.
He said Nasir had recently joined the Taliban and confessed to his plot during investigations.
There was no comment from the Taliban on the incident.
last week, security personnel arrested two ISIS terrorists who had planned to attack vehicles of the Indian Consulate in Jalalabad city.
Ata-ur-Rahman alias Hanzala and Abdullah alias Qari Ismail were arrested with a 30-KG bomb before reaching to their target, Khaama Press reported, citing a statement released by NDS on December 14.
In a footage sent to media together with the statement by NDS, one of the suspects identifying himself as Ata-ur-Rahman says they were told to plant the landmine on the side of the road to target vehicles of the Indian Consulate.
Indian Consulate is located close to the area from where the suspects were rounded up.