Taliban elements found in South Korea: report

SEOUL. October 22. KAZINFORM Taliban elements have illegally entered South Korea, local media reported Friday citing an unidentified intelligence source; Kazinform refers to China Daily.

South Korea's intelligence authorities, in collaboration with Interpol, seized a vessel carrying strategic weapons material heading to the Palestinian territories, and are now running after Taliban insurgents in the country, Seoul Newspaper said.

The Taliban members targeted South Korea due to its lack of systematic control of strategic weapons, the newspaper said; Kazinform cites China Daily.