Afghan intelligence forces have arrested five people accused of plotting against the first vice president, General Abdul Rashid Dostum.
“The terrorists were arrested in the cities of Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif two days ago,” the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Friday.
One of the suspects was believed to have been planning a suicide attack on the first vice president during his visit to the north provinces. The other four were arrested in Kabul.
Dostum, who fought the Taliban in northern Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001, recently said his aim was to remove “the insurgents” from the country.
“The arrested people have confessed they were trained outside the Afghan borders,” the NDS said.
GNA
