HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Police on Sunday said they had arrested 450 people in connection with various crimes in western Herat province during the past three months.
Police Chief GhulamSanaiStanekzai told a news conference here the suspects were arrested from different parts of the city and districts.
The detainees faced charges of kidnapping, assassination, armed robbery, drug trafficking and forgery.
He also said 260 insurgents had been killed and about 200 injured in police operations in districts of the province in the past three months.
According to Stanekzai, of the total 450 detainees, 70 were armed robbers and 17 were kidnappers . . .
