The mastermind of an attack on a private construction company’s office in eastern Nangarhar province has been killed by intelligence personnel, an official said on Sunday.
A week back, Daesh rebels had claimed responsibility for the attack, in which 16 employees of the EBE Company were killed and a number of others wounded.
Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the National Directorate of Security (NDS) Special Forces Unite conducted an operation in the Hazarnaw locality of Momand Dara district on Saturday night.
During the raid, he added, the NDS personnel killed Subhanulllah, who had organized the deadly attack in Behsud district. Several suspects have been arrested and two Kalashnikovs, some explosives and hand grenades seized.