Security & Crime

A woman along with her son has killed her daughter-in-law before setting alight her body in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday.

A three-year-old enmity between residents of two villages has come to an end in Kof-e-Ab district of northeastern Badakhshan province, officials said on Tuesday.

Police in central Parwan province have arrested an alleged blackmailer who threatened a family about the release of its private photographs and demanded 100,000 afs.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Afghanistan says a woman was among five convicts punished publicly in central Kapisa province.

A man has been arrested by security forces for allegedly killing a youth in central Panjsher province, the provincial Information and Culture Directorate said on Saturday.

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation of Afghanistan (MoRR) claims Pakistani police have detained around 800 Afghan refugees from various areas of Islamabad after a violent protest by a political party.

The United Nations (UN) is launching an alternative crop project in southern Kandahar and Helmand provinces to replace poppy cultivation.

Police have arrested a youth after he allegedly gunned down his father in northern Kunduz province.

A man was gunned down during a clash over a land dispute in central Uruzgan province, police said on Thursday.

An armed robber has been killed during a clash with security forces in western Herat province, officials said on Wednesday.

For the first time, a vocational training centre has been opened for prisoners in the Central Jail of southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Tuesday.

Iran has shared the list of 500 Afghan prisoners to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) for identification and extradition purpose, a media report said on Tuesday.