Police have discovered and seized 91 weapons and a large quantity of ammunition and military equipment in southern Helmand province over the past five months, with 30 people arrested in connection with the seizures. In a statement, the…
At least 325 Afghans have been released from prisons in Pakistan and returned to Afghanistan this week, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Thursday.
Police in Arghandab district of southern Kandahar province have arrested four people on charges of robbery and murder.
Four children were injured after a tank shell left over from past conflicts exploded in Rokha district of central Panjshir province, police said on Tuesday.
About 47 various types of weapons and ammunition have been discovered and seized in Dand Patan district and along the Gardez-Zormat highway in southeastern Paktia province, officials said. In a statement, the Paktia Police said forces from the…
Police have arrested 16 men allegedly involved in a series of house burglaries across the capital, an official said on Saturday.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have warned that ongoing crises in Afghanistan are increasing people’s vulnerability to human trafficking and exploitation. In a joint statement issued on…
Police in western Herat province say members of three “professional theft” groups have been arrested and 24 stolen vehicles recovered. Herat Police Command Security Chief Qari Najibullah Ali said: “Three groups of professional thieves have been arrested…
A child has been killed and another injured after an unexploded mortar shell detonated in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Tuesday. In a statement, the governor's office said the incident occurred on Monday in the Sorkh Diwal…
Information and Culture Director of Badakhshan Zabihullah Amiri was killed in an attack by armed motorcyclists on the Faizabad-Baharak road in the northeastern province on Tuesday, police said.
A new report by human rights organisation Rawadari says at least 1,187 civilians were martyred or wounded in Pakistani military attacks on Afghanistan between 1 December 2024 and the end of June 2026, with more than 29,000 families displaced and hundreds of homes and civilian facilities partially damaged or completely destroyed.
The Ministry of Interior says a man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing from a jewellery shop in northeastern Badakhshan province, with one kilogramme of gold, two kilogrammes of silver, 70 mobile phones and other stolen valuables recovered from him.
The Ministry of Interior says a police engineering team has discovered and destroyed 56 pressure mines and 12 mortar shells in Sarkano district of eastern Kunar province. According to a statement issued by the ministry, the explosives were…
Security forces prevented 940 people from being illegally transported to neighbouring countries during the past month, while 13 others were arrested on charges of carrying out illegal excavations at historical sites in western Nimroz province, police said on Thursday.
Security officials in northern Jawzjan province say four people have been arrested in connection with the killing of a 23-year-old man in Sheberghan City.
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) and the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) have signed an agreement to provide security for four major economic projects.
Police in western Ghor province say they have arrested a man accused of theft and recovered seven stolen motorcycles from his possession.
Amnesty International (AI) says it has found no evidence to support the Pakistani military’s claim that Kabul’s Omid drug rehabilitation centre was being used for military purposes and has called for an investigation into the 16 March airstrike as a possible war crime.
More than 800 kilograms of narcotics, along with thousands of kilograms of precursor chemicals used in drug production, have been destroyed in western Ghor province. Meanwhile, 10 people have been arrested on charges of gambling and drug dealing…
A former member of the previous government’s special forces, who recently returned from the United States, was shot dead in southeastern Khost province over a personal feud, police said on Monday, rejecting social media claims that the killing was politically motivated.
As many as 80 people were arrested in connection with various crimes in southwestern Nimroz province over the past week, an official said on Sunday. Police spokesman Mawlawi Gul Mohammad Qudrat told Pajhwok Afghan News: “Personnel from the…
Officials in Nimroz say search operations are continuing for 19 Afghans who went missing in the Dasht-i-Margo desert of the southwestern province four days ago after the vehicle carrying them to neighbouring Iran via an illegal route broke…
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) says Afghan security forces have arrested 16 people over the past month for allegedly attempting to smuggle weapons, ammunition, narcotics and other goods out of the country.
Security forces have arrested a man allegedly involved in thefts, drug trafficking and other criminal activities, recovering 30 stolen mobile phones, 12 pistols, 12 hand grenades, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and a quantity of narcotics from him in southeastern Khost province.
