Suicide bombers arrested in Afghan

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Source: CCTV.com | 02-04-2009 14:05

The Afghan intelligence service says it has broken up a cell of suicide bombers allegedly responsible for six attacks in Kabul that killed 20 civilians.

Sayed Ansari, spokesman for the National Directorate of  Security(NDS), speaks during a news conference as the  photographer of one of the suspected involved in a  suicide attacks is displayed, at an NDS office in Kabul,  Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

17 people have been arrested and 3 others are still on the run and believed to be in neighboring Pakistan.

The agency says those arrested have links to a Pakistani-based jihadist group, Harakat ul-Mujahedeen, and Sirajjudin Haqqani, an insurgent leader in eastern Afghanistan.

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