Kurd suspected of Afghan president bomb plot

The arrest of an Iraqi Kurd accused of plotting to assassinate the Afghan president and the defence minister shows the war on terror is not over, a senior Afghan intelligence chief said today.

Amrullah Saleh, a top official at the National Security Directorate, showed reporters a camouflage vest and five packets of C-4 explosives wrapped in tape that were allegedly found on 22-year-old Akram Taufiq Muramy, who was arrested by intelligence agents in Kabul on Friday.