Security & Crime

Five individuals have been injured as a result of an old DC artillery shell blast in northern Faryab province, an official said on Saturday.

The smuggling of more than 250 kilograms of drugs to Iran has been prevented in western Herat province, an official said on Monday.

A former secretary of the provincial council in northern Faryab province and Almar District Chief in the previous government has been killed by unknown gunmen, an official said on Monday.

The Ministry of Propagation of Virtue says causing problems and harassing people on social media is a legal crime and those who commit it will be dealt with legally.

Two children injured in a mortar shell explosion in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Monday.

A 16-year-old boy was killed and his brother and a sister injured as a result of a mortar shell explosion in eastern Nangarhar province, police said on Sunday.

The suspect accused of murdering Kobra Rezaei, an Afghan migrant residing in Iran, has been arrested and reportedly confessed to the crime during interrogation, say Iranian authorities.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghan Embassy in Tehran has called on the Iranian judicial institutions to immediately bring the killer of an Afghan refugee, Kubra Rezaei,

The Hazardous Area Life-support Organisation (HALO Trust) has highlighted that Afghanistan remains one of the world’s most landmine-contaminated countries, with 6.4 million people currently at risk from explosives.

A group of youths has been arrested in eastern Nuristan province after arriving with weapons and engaging in aerial gunfire, an official said on Wednesday.

A hideout of the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh, has been destroyed in 15th police district of Kabul, an official announced on Tuesday.

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): One person was killed and another wounded in a traffic accident involving two cars and a motorcycle in northern Jawzjan province, police said