366 criminal cases addressed, says AGO
The Attorney General Office (AGO) says at least 366 criminal cases have been addressed by the Appellant Court in Kabul.
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Over 1,350 corruption cases addressed in 4 months: AGO
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Attorney General Office (AGO) investigated 1,353 cases of administrative corruption and referred to courts 1,424 accused people during the past four months, an official said on Tuesday. Addressing reporters here, AGO spokesperson Jamshid Rasouli said a total…
AGO team in Kandahar to grill municipality officials
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): A team of the Attorney General Office (AGO) has arrived in southern Kandahar province from Kabul for evaluating the last five years’ performance of the province’s municipality. Nawab Ahmadzai, anti-corruption chief at AGO is leading the team…
Herat Norm dept head, officials suspended on graft charges
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Attorney General Office (AGO) on Saturday announced suspending the head and some officials of the Norm and Standards department of western Herat province over alleged misuse of authority and embezzling 23.9 million afghanis. In a statement, the…
3 senators get 10 years in jail over bribery charge
KABUL (Pajhwok): The primary court of the Anti-Corruption Justice Center (ACJC) on Saturday sentenced three members of the upper house to 10 years and one month in prison each over taking $40,000 in bribe. National Directorate of Security (NDS) and…
5 current, former governors face AGO on graft charges
KABUL (Pajhwok): A number of former and current governors have been referred to the Attorney General Office (AGO) over their alleged involvement in corruption. A government official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News the officials introduced…
AGO: Nearly 3,000 violence against women cases addressed this year
KABUL (Pajhwok): Nearly 3,000 violence against women cases, including 259 sexual attacks, 137 murder and 166 physical torture and disability, have been registered and addressed nationwide this ongoing solar year, the Attorney General Office (AGO) said on Tuesday. The country’s…
Appellant Court reduces Paikan’s sentence to 3 years
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Attorney General Office (AGO) on Tuesday said former Public Order Police Commander Zamarai Paikan has been awarded three years of imprisonment over misuse of authority. In a statement, the AGO said Paikan had been accused of appointing…
AGO addresses 16,784 criminal cases in 6 months
KABUL, a statement said on Thursday. Despite the threat of coronavirus pandemic, the AGO in a statement said it kept its civil and administrative offices open to address and investigate crime incidents at normal pace. The AGO was committed to…
Ex-Nangarhar jail director introduced to AGO
KABUL (Pajhwok): Former prison director for eastern Nangarhar province has been introduced to the Attorney General Office following Sunday’s car bombing attack, an official said Wednesday. Farhad Bayanie, spokesman for the Department of Prison Affairs, wrote on his twitter account…
4 AGO officials arrested over bribery charge
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Attorney General Office (AGO) on Sunday said its four employees have been arrested over bribery charges. In a statement, the AGO said the detainees included two prosecutors from Kabul and as many from eastern Nangarhar province. The…
50 people accused of ‘treason’ this solar year: AGO
KABUL, 1398. Jamshid Rasouli, AGO spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that these cases had been responded to since 2010. These cases after being detected were referred to the AGO and were decided in accordance with the country’s laws and with…
AGO probes 2,975 violence against women cases this year
KABUL. Acting Attorney General Noor Habib Jalal, addressing a gathering on ‘Violence against Women’, here said that women should register complaints against those who subject them to violence in order to eradicate the menace. He said women should say ‘no’…
Students’ abuse claims: AGO finds documents
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Attorney General Office (AGO) said on Sunday it had found some documents regarding the alleged sexual abuse of schoolchildren in central Logar province. About a month ago, the AGO launched an investigation into allegations of sodomy at…
AGO investigating Logar sodomy claims
PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): The Attorney General Office (AGO) is investigating allegations of sodomy in several schools in central Logar province, an official said on Wednesday. A month ago, a leading British newspaper published an explosive investigative report about the sexual abuse of…
Asset registration: 2 MPs, 4 senior officials face AGO
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Asset Registration and Review Office of the Presidential Palace has introduced six people, including two former lawmakers and as many current governors to the Attorney General Office over registering ‘wrong information’. Abdul Wadood Basharyar, head of government…
DAB, AGO ink accord on countering monetary crimes
KABUL Bank or DAB) and the Attorney General Office (AGO) on Thursday inked an agreement on sharing information about money-laundering, counter-terrorism and other crimes. Wahidullah Nawsher, DAB deputy director, talked about the importance of the agreement to a gathering in…
AGO wants 3 under probe IEC officials suspended
KABUL) in connection with the alleged lock-breaking incident. After the lock-breaking case of the IEC digital center, an investigating team introduced security advisor of the commission, guards’ manager and a security personnel to the AGO. Abdul Qahar Farakh Seyar, public…
AGO says probing Mullah Tarakhel-Munib tussle
KABUL and Islamic Affairs Minister Abdul Hakim Munib was being investigated. Few days back, the Ministry of Hajj and Islamic Affairs in a statement said that former lawmaker Mullah Tarakhel and his brothers insulted Abdul Hakim Munib in the Presidential…
Khalil Ferozi under close watch, care: AGO
KABUL improves and provides 50 percent of his debt. Khalil Ferozi, former Kabul Bank chief executive, was imprisoned in June 2018 following money laundering and embezzlement allegations against him. He must pay $137 million he embezzled and $59 million he…
1,000 imprisoned security forces being released
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Attorney General Office (AGO) on Thursday dispatched a draft plan for releasing 1,000 imprisoned security forces to the Presidential Palace, an official said. The draft plan is regarding presidential pardon for the imprisoned security personnel on the…
