Security & Crime

The Ghulam Khan crossing point has been closed after a clash between Afghan and Pakistani forces resulted in the death of one driver in southeastern Khost province.

The Anti-Narcotics Department of northeastern Badakhshan province has seized 1,141 kilograms of opium and arrested two individuals in connection with the case.

Acting Minister of Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani says the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) desires positive ties with the international community.

A person has been killed in a dispute over agricultural water in northeastern Badakhshan province and a dead body was found in central Bamyan province, officials said on Wednesday.

The three courts of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan decided more than 185,000 cases in the country last year when Probate Divisions of the Supreme Court issued over 179,000 probates.

A widow has shot dead her brother in revenge for the killing of her spouse in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Wednesday.

Three convicts, including two women, have been lashed publicly in the Sherin Tagab and Pashtonkot districts of northern Faryab province, a statement said on Tuesday.

Two children have been killed as a result of a blast caused by an unexploded mortar shell in Jalrez district of central Maidan Wardak province.

Security forces have rescued a child from his kidnappers in western Herat province, an official said on Tuesday.

Security forces thwarted an attempt to smuggle dozens of sheep to Pakistan through the Durand Line in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday.

A convict has been flogged publicly by the primary court in Dehdadi district of northern Balkh province.

Security forces in central Kapisa province have seized 114 weapons, including light and heavy arms, landmines, and arrested 30 individuals.