The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said that a suicide attack has been thwarted in Marar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh.

NDS Special Forces Unit has arrested a 4-member network of suicide bombers and attacks in Ferdowsi square of Mazar-e-Sharif, NDS in a statement said on Tuesday.
The statement noted that the network wanted to use a suicide bomber and carry out a suicide attack on Ganral Malik, chancellor of a private university in Mazar-e-Sharif.
The individual was identified and detained before reaching to the target, the statement read.
The statement identified the suicide bomber Habib-Ur-Haman alias as Hanza.
According to NDS, the suicide bomber was recruited in Baghlan province by Taliban group and then sent to join Qari Eshaq in charge of suicide bombers in Kunduz province.
NDS added that the individual was later sent to Mazar-e-Sharif to carry out a suicide attack.