Security & Crime

Four people, including two women, were lashed and sentenced to jail terms for various crimes in Kabul, the Supreme Court (SC) said on Sunday.

Two individuals have been arrested in eastern Nangarhar province on charges of forgery and counterfeiting.

Security forces have arrested three individuals on drug trafficking charges in western Ghor province, an official said Saturday.

The Ministry of Vice and Virtue and Complaints (MoVVC) says its muhtasibs (morality officers) have arrested three individuals on charges of practicing witchcraft in northern Balkh and Faryab provinces.

QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): Three individuals have been arrested on the charge of illegal excavation at an ancient site in western Badghis province, an official said on Monday.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Deputy Military Chief of the Prison Affairs Reform Directorate says prisons have been turned into education centers and that prisoners are no longer subjected to any kind of torture or mistreatment.

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says nearly 300 Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland after their release from prisons in Pakistan.

Fifteen people, including 10 children, have been arrested on robbery charges in northern Samangan and northeastern Badakhshan provinces, officials said on Thursday.

MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): One person was killed and two others were injured during a clash over the division of family land in central Kapisa province, an official said on Tuesday.

The forced marriage of an 11-year-old girl to a 65-year-old man has been prevented and a woman rescued from ‘house arrest’ in western Herat province, an official said on Tuesday.

About 15 different types of weapons and a quantity of ammunition have been seized in central Parwan province and one individual arrested in connection with this case, police said on Tuesday.

Two individuals have been arrested on the charge of murdering a nurse at a health center in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday.