From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Tue Feb 07 2006 - 10:13:36 EST
SUSPECTED SUICIDE BOMBER ARRESTED IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan security forces in Mazar-e Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh Province, arrested a man on 6 February as he was trying to detonate explosives attached to his body using a mobile telephone, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan reported. The suspect, identified as Croma Yahya, is reportedly a Malian national and was trying to enter the office of Balkh Governor Ata Mohammad Nur when he was arrested. Nur told a news conference that Yahya had entered Afghanistan through Pakistan and was staying in Mazar-e Sharif, claiming to be teaching computer skills to Afghans. Yahya had requested an interview with Nur and waited days before his request had been granted. Nur linked the suspect, who he said was targeting him, to Al-Qaeda. Authorities in Mazar-e Sharif earlier arrested a Bangladeshi national on suspicion of having links to Al-Qaeda, Nur said, without elaborating on the circumstances of that case. AT
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