Security & Crime

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.

Minister of Defence Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid has travelled to Qatar on an official visit, where he met State Minister for Foreign Affairs.

A man has been stabbed to death in Maimana city of northern Faryab province, an official said on Tuesday.

One armed robber has been killed and another injured in a clash with security forces in Kandahar city, an official said on Tuesday.

Security forces have recovered and seized a large number of weapons and ammunition from a vehicle on the Kandahar–Spin Boldak highway and arrested two individuals, the Ministry of National Defense (MoND) said on Monday.

A man has been arrested on charges of stealing 5.730 kilograms of gold in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, an official said on Sunday.

At least 12 Pakistani forces have been killed in clashes with militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the country’s media said on Saturday.