Two militants, identified as local commanders, have been killed during a security forces’ operation in Nahrin district of northern Baghlan province, officials said. The Baghlan provincial authorities said in a statement that the operation was conducted last night…
A midwife allegedly committed suicide following repeated domestic violence at the hands of her husband in southern Helmand province, an official said on Friday. Mohammad Qasim Riyaz, spokesman for the Helmand governor, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the…
More than 218kg of drugs have been seized in western Ghor province, with two people arrested in connection with the attempted smuggling, the Ministry of Interior said.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says 640 Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan after being released from Pakistani jails this week.
Security officials in western Ghor and Badghis provinces say nine people have been arrested in the past 24 hours on suspicion of drug trafficking, processing and sale, with hundreds of kilogrammes of narcotics seized.
The Disaster Management Preparedness Authority says a 500kg Russian bomb has been discovered and safely destroyed in Firoz Nakhchir district of northern Samangan province.
Islamic Emirate chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has assured Tajikistan that no military activity will be allowed along the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border.
Security forces have discovered and destroyed an alcohol production factory in the capital of northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Saturday.
he United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed deep concern over Monday evening’s blast at a school in Kabul’s Dasht-e-Barchi area, calling for the safety, dignity and rights of all children to be protected.
A loader operator has died following a dispute over land ownership between members of a land-grabbing prevention commission and local residents in Qala-i-Joz area of southern Ghazni province, police said. The Ghazni police headquarters said in a…
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and Amnesty International have called for comprehensive, independent and impartial investigations into a recent blast at an educational centre in Kabul’s Dasht-i-Barchi area. They also urged authorities to ensure the safety…
Three Afghan nationals have been shot dead and another wounded by unidentified gunmen in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, reports say. The incident took place on Tuesday night in the Hazarganji area, BBC reported. Khizar Hayat, a deputy…
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) says 274 kilograms of drugs have been seized and nine people arrested in two separate counter-narcotics operations in central Maidan Wardak and northeastern Badakhshan provinces.
Haji Wror Achakzai, who served as chief of the second security district of Kandahar city under the previous Afghan government, was shot dead by armed motorcyclists in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan. Musa Kalim, a person close…
At least 875 Afghan refugees have been released from prisons in Pakistan and returned to Afghanistan this week, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Thursday.
Security officials say a woman, with the help of another man, allegedly killed her husband with an axe in southern Kandahar province.
Four people have been killed in a clash between two families in Talah wa Barfak district of northern Baghlan province, police said on Wednesday.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has offered up to $5 million for information leading to the location and return of Afghan-American Mahmoud Shah Habibi, while the Islamic Emirate insists he is not imprisoned in Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defense says its forces have seized 119 weapons, ammunition, vehicles, medicines and other smuggled goods during operations near the Durand Line over the past three months.
Four armed robbers were killed in a clash with security forces in Kabul’s 18th security district on Monday, a police official said.
Two children have been killed and four others injured in two separate incidents involving unexploded ordnance in southern Ghazni province, police said on Sunday.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) says security forces have discovered and seized 74 light and heavy weapons smuggled from Pakistan during operations in various areas of the eastern zone.
Security forces in southeastern Paktika province have discovered and seized 26 historical artefacts and arrested one person in connection with the case.
Police have arrested a woman in connection with the death of an 18-month-old child who fell from the fifth floor of a building in western Herat province, an official said on Saturday.
