Crime

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN province, an official said on Monday. The gunmen sought money from contractors in return for letting them continue snow-clearing operations, the Afghanistan Natural

ASADABAD (PAN): An 80-year-old man was sentenced to 16 years in jail for killing his wife in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Tuesday.

SHIBERGHAN (PAN): Two employees of the population registration department in northern Jawzjan province were detained on Tuesday on charges of making fake national identity cards

SHBIRGHAN (PAN): Two employees of the appellant court were arrested on charges of bribery in northern Jawzjan province, officials said on Monday. A National Directorate

Heart (PAN): A head of kidnappers detained in Heart province during an operation by Afghan security forces, official said on Wednesday. Sharif Ahmad, a head

HERAT CITY (PAN insurgents have been detained in the western province of Herat, the spy agency said on Wednesday. Three Taliban fighters, hailing from Gulran

KABUL): Sixteen people were sentenced from eight to 20 years in jail on charges of drug, acid and morphine trafficking, the criminal justice task force

PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): Two beheaded bodies were found in the Dahna-i-Ghori district of northern Baghlan province, officials said on Saturday. The decapitated corpses were discovered late

KABUL): Five people have died and 16 others are in hospital after consuming poisonous alcohol at an engagement ceremony in Kabul, doctors said. But relatives

PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): Residents of north eastern Baghlan province complained members of provincial council were not present in their office most of the time as they

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN fighters in the central province of Logar, officials said on Wednesday. The men were detained from their house as a result of a

KABUL): Families of victims on Monday demanded concrete action against those involved in crimes against humanity over the past three decades of conflict. Nearly 80