Afghan intelligence agents have seized a truck with some 50 tons of explosives in the east of the country, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Sunday, according to dpa. "The insurgents aimed to use the explosives for terrorist activities in Gardez city, the provincial capital for Paktiya province," it said in a statement. Last month, Afghan police seized some 1,000 kilograms of explosives in this province.