Security & Crime

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has announced that a man was arrested in Chahardara district of northern Kunduz with 169 kilograms of narcotics.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) says four people have been killed, five others injured, and two individuals arrested following a clash between local residents and a gold contracting company in Chah Aab district of northern Takhar province.

A 28-year-old man was killed when a hand grenade exploded in Qaisar district of northern Faryab province, police said on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) says police have impounded 1,310 unregistered vehicles and cars fitted with illegal black-tinted windows in the capital, Kabul, over the past week.

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) has said that around 345 Afghan refugees have been released from prisons in Pakistan and returned to their homeland.

A woman has been rescued from house confinement after eight years in Dara-i-Suf Bala district of northern Samangan province, officials said on Tuesday.

Three individuals have been arrested in connection with a murder in western Herat province, an official said on Tuesday.

Security forces have detained four individuals on charges of illegally excavating historical sites in Chakhansur district of northwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Tuesday.

JALALAABAD (Pajhwok): Police have arrested three robbers intending to kill a taxi driver and steal his car in Behsud district of eastern Nangarhar province.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Turkey detained 152,000 undocumented migrants during the past one year, with Afghans making up the largest group, the country’s Migration Authority said.

Security forces have traced 76 missing persons, including children, in southeastern Khost province during the past six months and reunited them with their families.

Security forces have arrested five people on robbery and burglary charges in southeastern Khost province and northern Baghlan provinces.