Security & Crime

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.

Security forces have arrested two individuals with 187 kilograms of opium in the Gilan district of southern Ghazni province, police said on Wednesday.

A 50-year-old man, held captive by his relatives for 12 years to a dark room in northwestern Nimroz province, has been freed by security forces.

Two 17-year-old Afghan teenagers seeking asylum in the UK have been handed custodial sentences for raping a 15-year-old girl in Leamington Spa, a media report said on Tuesday.

Security forces have rescued a three-year-old child from kidnappers and detained a suspect in southern Ghazni province, police said on Saturday.