At least 18 people have been arrested for involvement in terrorist activity in Kyrgyzstan, press service of the National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan reported Friday.
About five of the arrested militants have been trained at foreign camps, while some of the detained have participated in military operations against forces of the anti-terrorist coalition in Afghanistan.
The detainees dealt with making of forged passports, preparation of safe houses, communication facilities and transportation means, supply of militant groups with food. One citizen of Kyrgyzstan is wanted by police at the time.
The aiders of terrorists, citizens of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, have been arrested after the two special operations in the south of the republic.
As the news agency 24.kg earlier reported, five terrorists have been killed during special operation in Suzak district, Jalalabad region on June 23, 2009. Three of them are citizens of Uzbekistan and the other is Kyrgyz national, who served sentence for extremist activity in Uzbekistan.
