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HERAT CITY (PAN): A four-member group, accused of masterminding several attacks and plotting the assassination of the energy minister, was busted in western Herat province, officials said on Wednesday.
More than 243 kilograms of explosives were recovered from the suspects planning to assassinate former jihadi commanders, the governor's spokesman, Mohiuddin Noori, said.
"The suspects, residents of Herat, receive instructions from outside Afghanistan. They planned attacks during Nawroz festival," he said.
The detainees wanted to attack a gathering on the eighth death anniversary of Ismail Khan's son, Mirwais Sadiq, a former civil aviation minister.
A former governor, Sadiq was killed in Herat City during an exchange of fire between supporters of commander Zahir Nayebzada in March 2004.
A statement issued from the provincial intelligence department said the detainees were planning attacks in sensitive areas. "The suspects have confessed to conducting several attacks," it said.
from Pajhwok
by Ahmad Quraishi
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