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New York TimesKABUL, Afghanistan -- A group of suicide bombers who stormed the Justice Ministry and a prison department building in the Afghan capital last month were trained in Pakistan’s lawless border region, according to Afghan intelligence officials.
The attack on Feb.11, which left 26 dead people and more than 50 wounded, was conducted by eight armed men wearing suicide vests, and has been compared to the militant attacks in Mumbai, India in November and against the Sri Lankan cricket team in the Pakistani city of Lahore March 4.
The attackers’ aim was to kill as many people as possible, Sayed Ansari, a spokesman for the National Security Directorate, said at a news briefing in Kabul Wednesday. They also intended to take hostages inside the Justice Ministry and demand the release of Taliban prisoners being held in Afghan jails, he said.
Seven accomplices have been since been arrested during investigations, and several more killed in a raid in Logar Province south of the capital, Mr. Ansari said. At least one of those arrested has said he was trained in Waziristan by a Pakistani named Mohammad Haris, who Mr. Ansari said organized the operation.
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