Taliban detain 14 Nimroz terrorist attack suspects

Taliban law enforcement authorities detained 14 people on suspicion of involvement in the terrorist attack that occurred on January 14 in Nimroz province in southwestern Afghanistan, the Hasht-e Subh newspaper said, Report informs via TASS.

Sources said that some of those arrested were businessmen from the city of Zaranj, the center of Nimroz. The Taliban have not yet officially announced the detention.

On January 14, three Afghan security personnel were injured in a suicide attack in Nimroz province. According to a spokesman for the Taliban Interior Ministry, the attacker intended to blow up the provincial administration building.