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'Who is the infidel here?' Afghan security forces ask captured militants

By Khalid Zerai

Afghan authorities arrested four members of "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) and seven Taliban fighters before they could attack the local government and civilians in the province, officials said May 23 in Jalalabad, the provincial capital of Nangarhar, as they presented the detainees to the media. [Khalid Zerai]

NANGARHAR -- The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on May 23 presented four detained "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) would-be suicide bombers and seven Taliban militants to the media in Nangarhar.

The ISIS members planned to strike a government building in Jalalabad but were arrested by Afghan forces, the NDS said at its regional office in the provincial capital.

The detained militants included one in charge of training the group's members, said Nangarhar Governor Shah Mahmood Miakhil at the event.

One of the detainees was from Pakistan, he noted.

Four members of "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) and seven Taliban fighters are presented to media May 23 at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) regional office in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province. [Khalid Zerai]

Four members of "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) and seven Taliban fighters are presented to media May 23 at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) regional office in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province. [Khalid Zerai]

Maj. Gen. Nazar Ali Wahedi, director of the NDS office in Nangarhar Province, rebuked the ISIS militants for planning to attack innocent Afghans.

"Who is the infidel here whom you have come to kill?" he asked. "Islam is a religion of peace. It does not say that you should kill each other. Do not destroy your country."

Arrest of Taliban fighters

The NDS also presented seven Taliban fighters whom security forces captured in several districts of Nangarhar in the past week.

The insurgents were arrested in Jalalabad as well as in Khogyani, Ghani Khel, Momand Dara and Behsud districts, according to Miakhil.

Some of the insurgents were attempting to plant land mines when troops nabbed them, he added.

Abdul Manan, one of the arrested Taliban members, admitted to attacking security forces while also fighting against ISIS members.

The group was "fighting mostly against ISIS, and sometimes we attacked government security checkpoints", the 28-year-old said at the event.

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All are lies, liers, may Allah's curse be up on those telling lies.

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Here, they are the infidels.

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Greetings to all the compatriots. Today you arrested them but tomorrow they will be freed back. The government should hang these people in front of the people. Hamza Jabarkhil

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The detainees should be hanged for what they have committed so that it will be a good lesson for other insurgents. They shouldn't be imprisoned and later on freed by the government

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