Security & Crime

KABUL (Pajhwok): Police have arrested a man accused of killing a prominent doctor in Kabul about a year and a half ago, an official said on Friday.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Seven ‘professional beggars’, including five women, have been arrested in Kabul with more than 676,000 afghanis, three gold chains and a car’s documents.

A man has been shot dead by his father-in-law in the Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Thursday.

At least 10 people, including a young woman, have been injured in an armed clash stemming from “intra-tribal hostilities” in central Bamyan province, officials said on Monday.

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Police have seized 72 kilograms of drugs and arrested two persons in connection with the seizure in southern Ghazni province.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has rejected a report claiming its spokesman spoke about contacts with defence and intelligence institutions of Russia, China, the United States and Europe against terrorist groups.

US President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement of seeking to reclaim Bagram Air Base is ‘a potential component of a broader diplomatic effort’ to normalize relations with Kabul, reports the Wall-Street Journal.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Friday announced the release of a British couple, Peter and Barbie Reynolds, from prison in Afghanistan.

Nearly 700 Afghan refugees have returned to the country this week after being released from jails in Pakistan, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Thursday.

The husband of former Wolesi Jirga member Fariba Ahmadi Kakar has been killed in the capital of southern Kandahar province, police have confirmed.

A group of four armed robbers has been arrested with 2.2 million afghanis in western Herat province, an official said on Wednesday.

Two individuals have been arrested on the charge of killing a taxi driver in eastern Nangarhar province, police said on Wednesday.