Afghan army kills terror leader behind devastating base attack
KABUL - Afghan security forces have killed the alleged mastermind of the deadly bombing of a military base in eastern Afghanistan earlier this week, the Afghan National Directorate of Security said on Wednesday.
"Taliban Commander Numan, planner of a suicide attack against a national intelligence agency base, together with seven terrorists, was killed following an airstrike in Maidan Shar district, Wardak province at 11:12 pm on Tuesday," the NDS, the country's primary intelligence agency, said in a statement.
On Monday, at least 36 security force members, mostly intelligence agency personnel, were killed and 58 others wounded after a Taliban suicide bomber drove a hijacked explosives-laden military vehicle inside the compound and detonated it near the main building of the facility.
Afghan military officials pledged to revenge the deadly attack by targeting the base in Maidan Shar, capital of eastern Wardak province, 35 km west of the Afghan capital of Kabul.
The Taliban militant group has yet to respond to the report.
Xinhua
(China Daily 01/25/2019 page11)
