Men Held in Alleged Assassination Plan
A would-be assassin who aimed to crash an explosives-packed car into members of Afghanistan’s national leadership was foiled when officials arrested him after a traffic accident in Kabul, the capital, national television reported.
The report cited a statement by the Afghan intelligence service and did not identify the suspect, nor say how investigators learned of his alleged plan to ram the car into a vehicle or vehicles carrying government members.
A second man was arrested in the case, said Interior Ministry spokesman Alishah Paktiawal. He had no additional details on that arrest.
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