The National Disaster Preparedness Authority (NDPA) says that 225 incidents involving landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) were recorded across Afghanistan over the past year, leaving 96 people dead and 378 injured.
The United Nations agencies on the occasion of World Day against Human Trafficking on Wednesday said one in every three victims of human trafficking was a child, but the overall number of such victims has decreased by 11 percent.
At least two police personnel and a civilian were killed in a militant attack on a checkpoint in the Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has dismissed as false and baseless claims making rounds on social media about the installation of an anti-drone system at Bagram airbase with China’s cooperation.
Authorities in southwestern Nimroz province on Monday torched more than 700 musical instruments and hookahs collected by the Vice and Virtue Department officials.
Security forces have arrested a man after he smuggled military equipment to Afghanistan through Torkham crossing, the Ministry of Finance said on Monday.
The smuggling of 400 cattle to Iran has been thwarted at the border point of Chaharbarjak district in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Saturday.
AIBAK (Pajhwok): A group of armed robbers was arrested after an hour-long clash with security forces in northern Samangan province, a police official said .
Acting Minister of Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani has assured that there are no forces in Afghanistan posing threat to the country, and that all weapons and military equipment are securely managed by security forces.
