Security & Crime

The Propagation of Virtue, Prevention of Vice and Complaints Hearing Department say it has prevented forced marriages of four girls in southern Ghazni province.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) says all police officers and personnel under its command are required to wear uniform while on duty.

Security forces have arrested a group involved in vehicle thefts in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province.

A child abducted in eastern Kunar province has been rescued, and a suspect arrested in connection with the kidnapping, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Saturday.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) says that, following a petition from the family of Mahmood Shah Habibi — an Afghan-American citizen — all relevant government bodies were inspected, but no evidence was found that he has been detained by any agency of the IEA.

Two children have been killed and a third injured when an unexploded rocket shell detonated in western Ghor province, an official said on Wednesday.

A man has shot and killed his brother during a dispute over land in the Duab district of eastern Nuristan province, an official said on Tuesday.

A young man has committed suicide by hanging himself to death in the capital of southern Kandahar province, security source said on Tuesday.

Security forces have arrested three individuals and seized 15 kilograms of narcotics from them in southern Ghazni province, a police official said on Sunday.

A 13-year-old girl has been rescued from kidnappers, and a suspect detained in connection with the case in central Maidan Wardak province, police said on Sunday.

A young man reportedly addicted to drugs has committed suicide in the Surkhrod district of eastern Nangarhar province, police said on Sunday.

Two individuals have been arrested in southern Helmand province in connection with the forced marriage of a seven-year-old girl to a 45-year-old man in exchange for money, an official said on Saturday.