Security & Crime

A former journalist, Nazira Rashidi, has been arrested along with four other women in connection with a criminal case in the northern Kunduz province, an official said on Monday.

A four-member gang of robbers has been detained in the capital of northern Balkh province, an official said on Monday.

Security forces have rescued two children from kidnappers and arrested three suspects in connection with the case in the northern Sar-i-Pul province , police said on Monday.

Special Court for Addressing Cases of Usurped State Lands in the Central Zone has declared 640.5 acres of land as state property in the capital of southeastern Khost province

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has announced that a man was arrested in Chahardara district of northern Kunduz with 169 kilograms of narcotics.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) says four people have been killed, five others injured, and two individuals arrested following a clash between local residents and a gold contracting company in Chah Aab district of northern Takhar province.

A 28-year-old man was killed when a hand grenade exploded in Qaisar district of northern Faryab province, police said on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) says police have impounded 1,310 unregistered vehicles and cars fitted with illegal black-tinted windows in the capital, Kabul, over the past week.

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) has said that around 345 Afghan refugees have been released from prisons in Pakistan and returned to their homeland.

A woman has been rescued from house confinement after eight years in Dara-i-Suf Bala district of northern Samangan province, officials said on Tuesday.

Three individuals have been arrested in connection with a murder in western Herat province, an official said on Tuesday.

Security forces have detained four individuals on charges of illegally excavating historical sites in Chakhansur district of northwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Tuesday.