Afghan security forces have captured a Pakistani national suspected of links with al Qaeda and Taleban militants in eastern Afghanistan, an official said on Sunday.
The man, identified as Haji Nader was captured Thursday after authorities received intelligence that the man was crossing the border into the eastern province of Kunar, local security director Mohammad Hassan Farahi said.
He said that there was "strong and trusted intelligence" that the man was involved in several anti-government operations and that he was entering Afghanistan to train militants.
"We've strong and trusted intelligence that he was coming here to carry out attacks and train Taleban and al Qaeda operatives," he said.
According to intelligence sources in the capital Kabul, the suspect from Dir district of the North Western Frontier Province of Pakistan was handed over to the US-led forces for questioning.
The source said on condition of anonymity that Nader was involved in making bombs used by remnants of the Taleban against US and Afghan troops.
The Taleban, who were ousted by a US-led invasion in late 2001, have been carrying out an insurgency against the Afghan government, mainly using roadside bombs and suicide attacks.
Meanwhile, Afghan security forces along with troops from the 20,000-strong US-led coalition captured two suspected militants with rockets and weapons in neighbouring Nangarhar province on Saturday.
The men were arrested during a raid on their hide-out in Pachiragam district of Nangarhar on the Pakistani border, said Ghafoor Khan, spokesman for the provincial police.