Security & Crime

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.

JALALAABAD (Pajhwok): Police have arrested three robbers intending to kill a taxi driver and steal his car in Behsud district of eastern Nangarhar province.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Turkey detained 152,000 undocumented migrants during the past one year, with Afghans making up the largest group, the country’s Migration Authority said.

Security forces have traced 76 missing persons, including children, in southeastern Khost province during the past six months and reunited them with their families.

Security forces have arrested five people on robbery and burglary charges in southeastern Khost province and northern Baghlan provinces.

At least four people have been killed in a clash between two families in the provincial capital of Farah, officials said on Wednesday.

Security forces have arrested a person with 40 Kalashnikov rifles and prevented the smuggling of 57 kilograms of opium and 176 cartons of medicines in northwestern Nimroz province, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Monday.

Security forces have detained 11 individuals for illegally hunting birds in the Nawa district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Saturday.

Afghan security forces have arrested a suspect during an operation in Faizabad, the capital of northeastern Badakhshan province, after targeting a hideout allegedly linked to recent attacks that killed and injured Chinese citizens in Tajikistan, sources said.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The US has delivered a number of Afghan Black Hawk helicopters that were evacuated to Uzbekistan after the fall of the previous government to Peru.

About 55 individuals have been arrested in connection with various crimes in western Herat province during the past one week, police said on Sunday.

About 51 individuals have been arrested over the past week on charges related to various criminal activities in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Thursday.