Afghan security forces have arrested five militants with 10 metric tons (11 tons) of explosives that they had brought from Pakistan to use to carry out a massive attack in Kabul, as well as another three planning an assassination attempt against the vice president, an official said Saturday.
The reports of new planned attacks in the Afghan capital came a week after militants said to be part of a Pakistan-based group launched brazen coordinated assaults in the heart of Kabul and in other cities.
