Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security, said in a statement that the main facilitator of deadly assaults on Kabul University and Kawsar-e Danish educational center in west of Kabul has been arrested in an operation by Special Forces in the capital.
According to the statement, Adel, who was also called Assad and Arash, studied in the Faculty of Sharia at the senior level.
Earlier on Saturday morning, Vice President Amrullah Saleh said on Facebook that a person named Adel, who studied in the Faculty of Sharia at junior level, and was then recruited by a former member of Haqqani Network, named Sanaullah, was the mastermind of a deadly attack on Kabul University early on November.
Adel, as the Vice President said, was originally from Panjshir province while his family lives in the Afghan capital Kabul.
“The attack was carried out to pressure, defame and make the government look weak in front of the people,” he said.
During his questioning, Adil revealed he had received weapons from the Haqqani network to carry out the attack, VP Saleh added.
The attack on Kabul University in Afghanistan’s capital on November 2 came as three gunmen stormed the university, opening fire at students.
The Afghan Ministry of Public Health confirmed at least 22 dead and 22 others wounded in the attack.
Many students were trapped inside the university and others fled and scrambled over the university walls, as footage published on social media showed.
The Islamic State in Afghanistan officially claimed responsibility for the attack at Kabul University—a second assault on an educational institution in just over a week following deadly attack on Kawsar-e Danish educational center at west of Kabul.
The Taliban meanwhile denied to be responsible for the attack.
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