Security & Crime

KABUL (Pajhwok): Former president Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned Pakistan’s airstrikes on 'Kabul and Paktika,” calling them a clear violation of international law and an invasion of Afghanistan’s territorial integrity.

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Eight individuals have been arrested iver illegally hunting birds in western Herat province, police said on Thursday.

Political affairs analyst Saleem Paigar has been injured in an attack in Kabul and one suspect has been arrested in connection with the incident.

As many as 160 prisoners, including women and children, have been released from the central prison in western Herat province in compliance with a decree from the Islamic Emirate’s leadership, local officials said on Wednesday.

The General Directorate of Traffic has warned vehicle repair workshops and related companies against making unauthorized changes to vehicles—including engine replacements, color alterations, or gas conversions—or face legal consequences.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Three persons were punished in public in eastern Nangarhar province after being convicted of sodomy and theft, the Supreme Court said.

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Two private clinics and a medical equipment store have been sealed in Khost city, the capital of southeastern Khost province, as part of inspections of private health centers and pharmacies.

The Ministry of Finance says that over the past three months, the Directorate of Petroleum Quality and Inspection has returned 424 tankers of substandard petroleum products from various customs points.

Police have arrested a nine-member gang of thieves in the Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province, an official said on Monday.

At least four people have shot dead in a criminal incident in Tagab district of central Kapisa province, police said on Saturday.

Two children of a family have died and four others fell ill after being poisoned in southern Ghazni province.

Two individuals have been arrested in connection with the theft of gold and money from a moneychanger in northeastern Badakhshan province, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Thursday.