The Appellant Court in northern Balkh province has decided 5360 cases out of more than 9,000 cases registered this year. Mohammad Yousaf Abul Wafa, director of the appellant court, said 9,090 cases were submitted to the court since…
The Supreme Court on Monday in a statement said that a special court has been created to deal with narcotics related issues. The statement, received by Pajhwok Afghan News, said that Maulvi Khan Mohammad has been appointed as…
The caretaker government of Afghanistan has appointed officials for the High Cassation Department and its subordinate courts in the southwestern zone of the country. According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Information and Culture, the…
An officer of the appellate court was killed by unidentified armed men in the capital of southern Ghazni province on Sunday, officials said. Ghazni governor’s spokesman, Wahidullah Jummazada, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the officer was killed…
The Afghan National Army’s 215th Maiwand Military Corps sentenced a soldier in a fake court marshal and savagely thrashed him in southern Helmand province, relatives of the victim say. The soldier, Lt. Noor Rahman, is currently serving…
Former telecommunication and information technology minister Abdul Razaq Wahidi was acquitted on Sunday of misusing his authority by the appellate court of the Anti-Corruption Justice Center (ACJC). The appellate court heard Wahidi’s case on Saturday but announced its…
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has been moved to order deportation of illegal Afghan refugees. The top court of Khyber Pakhtun was prayed to direct provincial and federal authorities to restrict the movements of Afghan refugees. The petitioner…
The appellate court of eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday sentenced nine people, including a woman, from four to 20 years in jail for crimes against women, including murder. Nangarhar governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
KABUL Breshna Shirkat (DABS) officials to eight months in jail each over ‘false play’ in a power station project in Laghman province. The three senior DABS officials, including a former procurement head and owner of a private company, had been…
The appellate court in eastern Nangarhar province has sentenced a man to 17 years in prison for forcibly marrying two sisters at once. Months ago, the convict, Wilayat Khan, married Marwa in Khewa district of Nangarhar, but he…
Local officials on Tuesday said a primary court clerk in the Miramor district of central Daikundi province had been arrested on bribery charges. A credible source in Daikund, who wished to go unnamed, confided to Pajhwok Afghan News…
An anti-corruption court on Sunday sent to jail two former Afghan military commanders for three to five years over misuse of authority and acting against the law. Former 2015th Maiwand Military Corps commander Lt. Gen. Mohammad Moeen Faqir…
Some public representatives and residents of southern Ghazni province accuse the provincial court of releasing criminals detained by Afghan security forces after a brief detention either under pressure or in return for money. Provincial council head, Khaliqdad…
Three officers of the education department were sentenced to six months in jail by an anti-corruption court in eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, an official said. The governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News the officials were…
Unidentified individuals have taken away important documents from the Garziwal district court in the northern province of Faryab, a public representative claimed on Monday. A provincial council member from the district, Sibghatullah Selab, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
A special anti-corruption court on Saturday issued arrest warrants for three persons in a 2015 bank robbery case involving own staff of the bank in southern Kandahar province. The Da Afghanistan. The special court acquitted “not guilty”…
Dozens of protesting people on Monday shut down the gate of a local court in Sherin Tagab district of northern Faryab province, accusing the judge of not attending office and being inefficient. The protestors said they were taking…
