Security & Crime

A man has been arrested with a Kalashnikov and a hand grenade after he tried to enter his in-laws’ house to kill his wife and children in southeastern Khost province, police said on Thursday.

A man has killed his brother and nephew over a land dispute in Rodat district of the eastern Nangarhar province.

Seven members of a family, including five children, have been killed in an explosion inside a house in Bala Buluk district of western Farah province, an official said on Tuesday.

Five individuals have been arrested over bird hunting and another person on charge of witchcraft in northern Samangan province, an official said on Monday.

Two individuals have been arrested on the charge of illegal mining in western Badghis province, an official said on Monday.

A six-member group of armed robbers has been detained in the seventh district of Herat City, the capital of western Herat province, an official said on Sunday.

The Ministry of Propagation of Virtue, Prevention of Vice and Hearing Complaints says a group has been arrested on the charge of misusing the name of Sufism and committing unlawful acts.

KABUL (Pajhwok): A dispute during a wedding ceremony in the capital of eastern Laghman province left one person dead, while three others were arrested in

A United Nation official says the world body’s partners in the Mine Action Service have warned that 25 square kilometers of land in the earthquake-affected areas in eastern Afghanistan is contaminated with explosive materials.

Security forces have arrested the ringleader of an armed robbery gang in central Bamyan province with 1.08 million afghanis in stolen cash, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Tuesday.

A man has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife, mother and a daughter in western Herat province, an official said on Tuesday.

A man has been arrested on the charge of witchcraft in Kholom district and a shackled woman rescued from house confinement in Dar-e-Souf Payeen district of northern Samangan province.