Security & Crime

1 dead, 20 rescued after smugglers abandon migrants in Farah river

One individual has died and 20 others have been rescued after migrant smugglers abandoned a group in a river in western Farah province, local officials said.

Over 27,000 Afghan families displaced in 9 provinces by Pakistani attacks

4 children rescued from kidnappers in Parwan

IHRF calls on Pakistan to immediately halt attacks on Afghan civilians

Badr rules out torture of prisoners in country’s prisons

Sohrab Sarwari

6 Oct 2024 - 20:05

No prisoner in any part of the country was tortured and nobody would be allowed to do this act, an official said on Sunday.

Teenage boy commits suicide in Farah

Abdul Rahman Zhwandai

6 Oct 2024 - 15:35

A teenage boy has allegedly committed suicide in western Farah province.

2 Afghan citizens among, 8 executed in Iran

Sohrab Sarwari

5 Oct 2024 - 14:07

The Iranian government has executed at least eight convicts, including two Afghans, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights announced on Saturday.

3 children killed, 2 injured in Sar-i-Pul blast

Ghulam Sakhi Frotan

4 Oct 2024 - 16:09

SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): Three children were killed and two others were injured when an old rocket shell exploded on them in northern Sar-i . . .

Senior army official inspects new posts along Durand Line

Khawaja Nasir Ahmad Sidiqi

4 Oct 2024 - 12:30

KABUL (Pajhwok): First deputy army chief Haji Mali Khan Siddiq has visited under construction new security posts of the 201 . . .

Cover wells or face legal consequences: Interior Ministry

Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat

1 Oct 2024 - 16:14

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has tasked a committee to travel to all provinces and ensure that all deep wells are covered.

Woman punished in public in Faryab

Sohrab Sarwari

30 Sep 2024 - 17:57

KABUL (Pajhwok): A woman has been publically whipped after being convicted of illicit relation in northern Faryab province, the Supreme Court announced on Monday. The

Attackers of AGO workers, foreign tourists arrested: Mujahid

Sohrab Sarwari سهراب سروری

30 Sep 2024 - 17:48

KABUL (Pajhwok): The attackers on employees of the Attorney General’s Office in Kabul and foreign tourists in central Bamyan . . .

2 Afghans held on drug smuggling charges in India

Abdullah Azizi

30 Sep 2024 - 12:13

Indian police have arrested two Afghans in New Delhi on the charges of smuggling cocaine and heroin, a media report said on Monday.

2 Afghan citizens among 14 executed in Iran

Sohrab Sarwari

29 Sep 2024 - 10:36

The Iranian Human Rights (IHR) organisation says 14 individuals, including two Afghans, have been executed in the neighbouring country.

7 labourers killed in Balochistan attack

S.Muddasir Ali Shah

29 Sep 2024 - 10:24

Seven labourers have been killed in an attack of militants in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, police said on Sunday.

Over 100 acres cleared of marijuana in Nangarhar

Yousuf Zarifi

28 Sep 2024 - 15:25

Security forces have destroyed cannabis plant on 105 acres of land in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday.

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