Three militants, 18 armed men detained in Afghanistan

KABUL - US-led coalition and Afghan forces detained three militants during a joint operation in Khost province, official said on Friday.
A military statement issued by the coalition forces from Bagram airbase near Kabul said the two militants were detained during a search operation in the south-eastern province of Khost.
“Aim of the search operation was district targeting a Haqqani network militant known to finance and facilitate attacks against the Afghan government,” it added, but did not specify when the operation took place.
At the same time, coalition forces in a separate statement informed about the arrest of another militant in the same province.
“The militant came to Forward Operating Base Mando Zayi, Khost, to lodge a complaint that Coalition forces had searched his house in Nadar Shah Kot District the previous night. When coalition forces identified him as the militant targeted in the previous night’s search, he was apprehended,” said the statement.
Meanwhile, Afghan forces arrested 18 other armed men in norther Jawzjan province. Local police officials said “probably detained armed men would involved in killing of the Afghan Technical Consultants (ATC), a land mine clearance NGO workers.
Unknown armed men attacked the ATC staff vehicle in the northern province of Jawzjan as they drove back to their base camp after mine clearing operations in a remote area about two weeks ago.