8 IS-linked militants arrested for deadly attack on Sikh temple in Kabul

Afghan security forces arrested eight members of a network grouping Islamic State and Haqqani militants responsible for bloody attacks in the capital including on Sikh worshippers, the country’s security agency said on Wednesday.

The arrests were made as special forces carried out a raid on a property in Kabul on Tuesday evening, seizing weapons and explosives and killing five members of the joint network.

The group was responsible for shootings of worshippers at a Sikh complex and at a large ceremony attended by many in the Hazara community, as well as rocket attacks on President Ashraf Ghani’s swearing-in ceremony and on Bagram airbase, the National Directorate of Security said in a statement.

Gunmen and suicide bombers raided a Sikh religious complex in Kabul in March, killing 25 people.

Source: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2020/05/06/8-is-linked-militants-arrested-for-attack-on-sikh-temple-in-kabul/