The Special Forces of the Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS) have busted a gang of foreign terrorists in western Nimroz province of Afghanistan.

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) in a statement said one terrorist was killed during the operation and three others were arrested.

The statement further added that the operation against the gang was conducted in Zaranj city based on intelligence tip off.

The gang was led by terrorist leader Khadem and were originally hailing from Pakistan who were recently deployed to Zaranj city to plan and coordinate armed attacks in the city, NDS added in its statement.

The leader of the terrorists Khadem was killed during the operation and three others identified as Esmatullah alias Hafiz son of Mohammad Ali, Abdul Shakoor alias Daman son of Saifullah, and Hamrazuddin alias Jahan Zeb son of Farzandullah were arrested, acording to NDS statement.

The anti-government armed militant groups including Taliban have not commented regarding the killing of the foreign militants so far.

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