Security & Crime

Five people, including a former lawmaker, have been killed in a bomb attack in the Bajaur tribal district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

KABUL (Pajhwok): More than a dozen Afghans entered their homeland from Pakistan after being released from prisons in the neighboring country, the Ministry of Refugees

Police have arrested seven individuals on the charges of selling drugs in 7th police district of Kabul, police said on Wednesday.

Seven individuals convicted of different crimes have been flogged publicly in Parwan, Panjsher and Badghis provinces, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday.

Twelve alleged criminals have been arrested, five stolen motorcycles, $10,000 fake dollar banknotes seized by security forces during separate operations in western Herat province, a statement said on Monday.

One person was killed and six others were injured after two families using sticks and knives clashed over children’s fight in central Bamyan province, an official said on Monday.

Three people were killed and four others were injured after between two families clashed over a land dispute in eastern Nangarhar province yesterday, police said Sunday.

The commander of the 4th platoon of 209th Al-Fath Brigade has been mistakenly killed by his son in northern Sar-i-Pul province, a local official said on Saturday.

The interim government has spurned the Pakistani defence minister’s remarks regarding attacks on Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) hideouts inside Afghanistan.

Two alleged militants have been killed during an operation by security forces in northern Baghlan province.

A man has been killed as a result of personal enmity in Maqur district of southern Ghazni province.

At least 16 individuals have been detained, 32 drug addicts reunited with their families after rehabilitation and 84 more rounded up for treatment in four different provinces.