A three-member ‘terrorist group’ affiliated to the Taliban was arrested in a special operation carried out by the National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives in Kabul, the NDS said in a statement on Tuesday. 

The NDS said the group was recruited by the Taliban to conduct terrorist attacks in different parts of Kabul City.

The suspects were recruited by Qari Qasim, a commander of Taliban, to identifying targets in the city, the statement said. 

“The group wanted to take pictures of the target areas in Kabul,” the NDS said in the statement. 

Taliban has not commented on the report.