Two suicide bombers including a Pakistani national were arrested by the security forces in the vicinity of eastern Nangarhar province before they manage to reach Kabul and conduct attacks.

Provincial governor of Nangarhar Shah Mahmood Miakhel told reporters that the two suicide bombers were arrested by the operatives of the National Directorate of Security.

Miakhel further added one of the detaind individuals has been identified as Khademullah who is originally a Pakistani citizen and his comrade has been identified as Usman who hails from Watapur district of Kunar province.

According to Miakhel, the two individuals were looking to carry out suicide attacks in Kabul city and were being deployed to Kabul from Haska Mina district by ISIS Khurasan group.

He also added that the two suicide bombers were travelling with fake national identity cards.

The anti-government armed militant groups have not commented regarding the arrest of the two suicide bombers so far.