Security & Crime

A six-member gang accused of murder and theft has been arrested by police in central Parwan province, an official said on Sunday.

Seventeen Afghan nationals have been released from prisons in Egypt, Morocco, Libya, Sudan and Mauritania and repatriated to the country following the efforts of Afghan Embassy in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, a statement said on Saturday

At least four people have been wounded as a result of a hand-grenade blast inside a mosque in the capital of northern Samangan province, an official said on Saturday.

Freed from jails in Pakistan, 63 Afghan nationals have arrived to their homeland via Torkham crossing, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Thursday.

Intelligence forces have seized a large quantity of different types of weapons and ammunition in northern Takhar province, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Thursday.

At least one person was killed and three others were injured on Thursday when a suicide attacker attempted to enter the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (MoUDH), officials said.

Freed from jails in Pakistan, 84 Afghan nationals have arrived to their homeland via Torkham crossing, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Tuesday.

UN counterterrorism officials have warned during a Security Council (UNSC) that the presence of Daesh in the region remains a threat to Afghanistan and some other countries, asking central Asian countries and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to help Afghanistan battle security threats.

At least five people were killed and seven others wounded as a result of suicide attack near the Kabul Bank branch in the capital of northern Kunduz province on Tuesday morning, an official said.

An explosion took place near the Kabul Bank branch in the capital of northern Kunduz province on Tuesday morning, an official said.

Five individuals have been punished publicly for various crimes in southern Ghani and central Uruzgan provinces, a press statement from the Supreme Court (SC) said on Monday.

Russia says it is focussed on ramping up constructive cooperation with Afghanistan and Pakistan in combating terrorism.