National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives have arrested the designated head of Daesh recruitment unit and his aide in a special operation in Kabul, the security agency said in a statement on Thursday.

According to the statement the Daesh members named Abdul Maihan and Fazlurrahman were captured in PD11 of Kabul.

The arrested individuals have admitted that they had a role in recruiting individuals for the group in Kabul City, the statement added.

The detained men were also assigned to move Daesh members’ families from Jalalabad to Kabul and then to Jawzjan province but their plan was foiled by the NDS operatives, the statement said.

This comes after militants affiliated to Daesh have claimed responsibility for deadly attacks in recent months in Kabul which have claimed dozens of lives.