Afghanistan foils ISIS plan to assassinate the highest US envoy to Kabul

The US Cost d’Affaires in Kabul, Ross Wilson, was the goal of the deliberate assault on Monday, the Nationwide Directorate of Safety (NDS) mentioned in an announcement launched on Tuesday.

All 4 ISIS members, who have been additionally planning to assassinate different Afghan senior officers, have been arrested in an NDS particular navy operation in Kama district of Nangarhar province, together with the cell mastermind Abdul Wahid.

The assertion didn’t present particulars on how the 4 ISIS members have been planning to conduct the assassination.

The State Division is “conscious of deeply troubling studies that members of ISIS-Ok have been plotting to assassinate U.S. Cost d’Affaires Ambassador Ross Wilson,” a State Division spokesperson advised CNN Wednesday. “The security and safety of US personnel abroad is our highest precedence.”

Reporting contributed by CNN’s Ehasn Popalzai in Kabul, Jennifer Hansler in Washington, and Mohammed Tawfeeq in Atlanta.